Was discussing with my family today questions about what God approves of and what He does not. Issues like: does he approve of wars, atomic bombs, and artificial insemination? Often it is said that God approves because He gave us the wisdom to create bombs and He told the Israelites to go to war against other peoples.
We know that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is the same God today as He was in the Old Testament. The same God who fought for the Israelites in the Old Testament is the same God who told the disciples to turn the other cheek and is the same God who will come again on a white horse for the final battle. How does all this make sense?
We didn't come up with anything earthshaking. But, something did come into my spirit that I thought warranted writing down: from the time of Adam's fall until now evil and violence and sin have increased more and more. It seems that we are at the peak of the crescendo or at the moment of a woman's birthing labor where it is the most intense. The birth pains of the world have been growing in intensity and are reaching -- have reached? -- the point of birth -- the moment when new life begins.
Time is short. Are you ready?
Today's Reading: Matt 12; Gen 12; Rom 12; 1 Tim 4; Job 12; Ps 12; Prv 12; Jsh 12; Isa 12; Acts 12
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