It’s here and it’s coming.
What does that mean?
We are witnessing ‘unprecedented unrest’ as a result of evil; and we are witnessing ‘unprecedented unrest’ as a result of God’s grace.
Let me share the following acronym for G.R.A.C.E.
God’s Redemptive Activity Changes Everything
It’s coming!
Question: Was there ‘unprecedented unrest’caused by the life of Jesus? Did that ‘unprecedented unrest’ increase as He approached the Cross? Who was responsible for that ‘unprecedented unrest’ ? Did the principalities of darkness contribute to the ‘unrest’ ? Did God, the Father, have complete Sovereign control over what was taking place with His Son? Did The Son of God have complete control over His life ? Did God’s plan of salvation contribute to the ‘unprecedented unrest’ bringing Jesus to Calvary? Did the resurrection of Christ continue to bring ‘unprecedented unrest’ to the Jews and the Gentiles? Did the Lordship of Christ after Christ’s resurrection perpetuate ‘unprecedented unrest’? Did the Church born on the day of Pentecost contribute ‘unprecedented unrest’ to the known world?
Do the followers of Christ bring ‘unprecedented unrest’ throughout the world? Yes or No?
Does the Church of Jesus Christ cause ‘unprecedented unrest’ in the nations of the world ? Yes or No
Does the Church of Jesus Christ cause ‘unprecedented unrest’ in our nation? Yes or No
Does the Church of Jesus Christ have an influential voice in our nation or is it just a whimper? ‘influential voice’ or ‘whimper’
Things are about to change!
Psalms 64:7-10 (NKJV), recounts the following: God, our Father, will shoot them (Psalms 64:2, the workers of iniquity-vss. 3-4) with His arrow . “Suddenly they shall be wounded (“their wounds will appear”, Tree of Life Version (TLV)). (inserts mine)
What they spoke in darkness will be revealed and heard now in the light. This is God’s A.A.R.O.W. bringing Adonai’s Righteous Revelation Of (their own) Wrong- doing. (emphasis, insert mine)
Psalms 64:8a (NKJV) God “…will make them stumble over their own tongue”. We are witnessing that happening right before our eyes in our nation. What had been heralded as truth years ago is now being revealed as lies.
The Rotherham’s Emphasized Bible translation says, “their tongue smote themselves”. I have heard this explained this way-‘it’s a boomerang effect’.
This will bring their downfall. Things will continue to unravel and more lies and deceit will be exposed.
Psalms 8b, (NKJV), describes the reaction of (I believe) all humanity. (insert mine)
It says, “All who see them (those who spoke evil (vs4); set secret traps (6b);and plotted injustices (7a) [Tree of Life Version]) will be filled with shock. (emphasis mine)
Those people (them) will be totally exposed and those (all who see) who supported them will experience the following: they will flee (Strongs #5074, nadad) away (Rotherham: “will take flight”) from them. (inserts,emphasis mine)
I understand that to mean that they are repulsed by them; do not want to associate with them; and seek a complete disengagement from them. (See David’s parallel thought in Psalm 31:11, regarding his plight with his enemies) (emphasis mine)
What is most staggering in my thinking is what is written in Psalm 64:10 (Tree of Life Version).
Consider the impact of the following three statements.
1. “then all men will fear” (emphasis mine)
2. “So they(all men) will declare the works of God” (emphasis, insert mine)
3. “And they (all men) will ponder what He (God) has done” (emphasis, insert mine)
Question: What do these three statements picture in your mind?
May I purpose the following:
1. All men represent all of humanity, male and female, that comprise the nations of the world. They will stand aghast at what is happening; what they are hearing; and what they are seeing. It will cause an ‘unprecedented unrest’ throughout our nation and most of the nations of the world. This ‘unrest’ will cause fear. (emphasis mine)
- Strong’s concordance, the Hebrew word is: #3379, ‘yare’ (yar-ray). The primary root is to fear; mor. to revere; caus. to frighten:-affright, be (make) afraid, dread (-ful), (put in) fear (-ful, fully, ing), (be had in) in reverence (end), x see, terrible (act, ness, thing).
Question: What do you picture? please re-read the above and reflect
You and I are part of that ‘all men‘. (emphasis mine)
How will I react? How will you react?
Q: What kind of ‘fear‘ will we experience? (emphasis mine)
2. What will ‘all men‘ (all humanity) declare? This is the “work of God“. Think about that! The world’s conclusion is that what has happened; what has been heard; what has been seen “are the works of God“. It is His work, His doing, His intervention. (emphasis mine)
Strong’s Concordance, the Hebrew word is #5046, nagad (naw-gad’); a prim. root; prop. to front, i.e. to stand boldly out opposite; by impl. (causat.), to manifest; fig, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); spec. to expose, predict, explain, praise: bewray, x certainly, certify, declare (ing), denounce, expound, x fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, x surely, tell, utter.
3. Will humanity attempt to put its ‘spin’ on what they are witnessing? I have no doubt that some will do that. In fact, the end of Psalm 64:10 (TLV) says that all men “will ponder what He (God) has done”. That statement, for me, leaves no room for ‘spin’. The KJV says, “And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.” (emphasis mine)
Who is ‘doing’ ? God!
Turning to The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, revised edition, 5, Psalms, Dr. VanGemeren writes, regarding Psalm 64:10(TLV).
“The bold challenge of autonomy and anarchy (TLV vs 6; KJV vs.5) has its counterpart in the fear imposed by God’s judgment on humankind. The wicked asked “Who will see us” (ra a; NIV text note vs 5) and were unafraid (yara) of the consequences of their acts. When all humankind (adam; cf. 58:11; Isaiah 40:5-6) sees the power of God, all will ‘fear’ (yara). Then justice will triumph!. The psalmist encourages all people to “proclaim” (nagad, GK 5583) and to “ponder” (sakal, GK 8505), “learn from the acts of God (cf. 2:10; Isaiah 41:20). The history of redemption reveals the “works of God” in judgment of rebellious human beings. The story of redemption proclaims the mighty acts of God. Meditation on what God has done enhances one’s knowledge of God. The knowledge of God becomes a comforting doctrine. The godly learn that the Lord of history will vindicate them.” (emphasis mine)
I conclude that such will be the intervention of God in the affairs of this nation, and in other nations of the world, that ‘all men‘ will fear, declare, and come to the conclusion that Almighty God has come forward to reveal Himself to all humanity. (emphasis mine)
When will this happen?
It has already begun and will continue to grow.
Remember, it’s here; and it’s coming.
blessings, a brother in Christ,
deo
tbc
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