Our final part tied it all together. We looked at Moses interceding for the children of Israel, willing. to have his own name blotted out of God's book to see them saved. We looked at Paul being willing for his name to be removed from the book of life for his brothers. When you see other people as your beloved brothers you are willing to love sacrificially for them.
That kind of love will be shown to the chosen people when they are being hunted down by the forces of the anti-christ. The followers of the Lamb that was slain will willingly put themselves at risk to hide Jews and preserve the lives of those targeted for death and destruction.
But there is a need for something even greater than what was shown by the tenBoom family during the Nazi time because technology has increased astronomically since then. The powers that be will have at their disposal infrared technology that will allow them to view how many bodies are in the house from the road outside of the house. Currently electric power and water are able to be tracked in such a way as to tell how much is being used, and when it is being used. God knew all this and He gave the body gifts supernatural abilities wisdom, prophecy, tongues, interpretation of tongues, etc. for the purpose of building up the body for the common good. Sadly in times where there is no persecution these gifts have been used in a "look at me" kind of a way that cheapens them. During the times of the persecution of the end times. Love will be working through these gifts to supernaturally protect the people of God. Many will still fall, but we cannot be killed, really. Like the Lamb that we follow, there is a real victory even in our death.
So the call for Messiah's community right now is to be preparing a body that as a community loves sacrificially and begins moving in the giftings in love with the essential idea being building up the community to be ready for times of extreme adversity.
That kind of love will be shown to the chosen people when they are being hunted down by the forces of the anti-christ. The followers of the Lamb that was slain will willingly put themselves at risk to hide Jews and preserve the lives of those targeted for death and destruction.
But there is a need for something even greater than what was shown by the tenBoom family during the Nazi time because technology has increased astronomically since then. The powers that be will have at their disposal infrared technology that will allow them to view how many bodies are in the house from the road outside of the house. Currently electric power and water are able to be tracked in such a way as to tell how much is being used, and when it is being used. God knew all this and He gave the body gifts supernatural abilities wisdom, prophecy, tongues, interpretation of tongues, etc. for the purpose of building up the body for the common good. Sadly in times where there is no persecution these gifts have been used in a "look at me" kind of a way that cheapens them. During the times of the persecution of the end times. Love will be working through these gifts to supernaturally protect the people of God. Many will still fall, but we cannot be killed, really. Like the Lamb that we follow, there is a real victory even in our death.
So the call for Messiah's community right now is to be preparing a body that as a community loves sacrificially and begins moving in the giftings in love with the essential idea being building up the community to be ready for times of extreme adversity.
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