Divine Timing
If you want to know the past or the future, look at
God’s calendar—the Bible.
If you want to know what time it is, look at His clock—Israel.
Now, there’s two types of time. Chronos and
Kairos.
Chronos is earth’s clock.
Kairos is Heaven’s.
God uses Heaven’s clock. He operates in the fullness
of time. When the time is Right.
Galatians
4:4
“But when the fullness of the time
(kairos)
had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to
redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as
sons.”
When Kairos and Chronos collide, the world
calls it coincidence, but the Ekklésia, those who are listening, call it,
Providence.
When it happens, pay attention, because it’s
there, in the fullness of time, God moves and speaks.
He begins with a whisper, a still, small, voice, so those
who are listening, won’t miss His Kairos moment.
It may look something like this:
A week ago,
Saturday night I felt the Lord wanted us to pray for rain at the start of the Sunday
morning service. I immediately thought of the Highland’s County drought post
and added it to our PowerPoint presentation.
Sunday morning we read James 5:17-18.
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours,
and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land
for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain,
and the earth produced its fruit.
Then, we prayed something like this:
Lord Jesus, according to Your Word, we
have a nature like Elijah. According to Your Word, he prayed, and it rained. According
to Your Word, we're to bring our requests to You. Therefore, according to Your
Word, like Elijah, we pray for rain. We pray, not only for physical rain that
waters fields, but an outpouring of Your Spirit, that waters souls, bearing
fruit to an Eternal Harvest.
Thank You Lord, for hearing and healing
our thirsty land.
We trust and love You forever.
Amen.
After the service, as folks were leaving, I said: "Don't
forget your umbrella.”
Then about an hour or so after Church... it rained.
Kairos
God prompted us to pray.
We did.
It rained.
Divine Timing.
From that day to this it’s rained multiple times, it
looks like it’s fixin’ to rain right now.
The world calls it coincidence, those who hear His
Voice, call it Providence.
His lesson continues for those who are listening.
Friday, I woke up wondering
about the glasses Roxy and I ordered some weeks ago. I kept thinking about it.
Asked Roxy about it. Finally, I called the Eye Doctor. Perfect timing. They just
came in that very morning.
We picked up the glasses and walked outside to...pouring
down rain.
Saturday, around 2:30 a.m.
I woke to the sound of a soft soaking rain.
I went out to the living room, sat in the old wooden
rocker, and simply, silently, prayed, “Thank You, Lord.”
After a few moments I noticed my phone repeatedly
lighting up.
Bam! War with Iran began.
Timing.
Finally, after a forty-seven year reign of
terror, the forty-seventh president of the U.S. takes a stand to
confront this horrific evil.
2/11/26 marked the 47th anniversary of the
1979 Islamic Revolution. Since then, that murderous regime has shed the innocent
blood of multiplied thousands around the world.
Parshat Zachor.
That day,
(Sabbath) all around the world, in all the synagogues, Jews
read Deuteronomy 25:17-19, it’s called the "Parshat Zachor" (it
means remember). It is the second of four special readings read during or
immediately before the month of Adar.
“Remember
what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, 18
how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at
your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God. 19
Therefore it shall be, when the Lord your God has given you rest from your
enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to
possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek
from under heaven. You shall not forget.
The reading fulfills the Biblical commandment to
remember Amalek’s attack on Israel — a surprise assault against the weak and
vulnerable in the wilderness. (Reminds me of hamas attack from Gaza, Oct 7, 2023).
In Jewish tradition, this underscores:
• The moral duty to
remember evil
• The obligation to
confront existential threats
• The connection
between Amalek and the events of Purim. (Haman being
identified as an Agagite, descendant of Amalek)
We’ll talk about the Jewish celebration of Purim,
in a moment.
But first consider an Islamic celebration happening simultaneously:
Night of Dreams, also called, Night of
Power.
One of last 10 days of Ramadan. It is considered the holiest night of the
year, where Muslims believe the Quran was first revealed to Prophet Muhammad.
A "Night Better than 1000 Months." The
Quran states that worship on this specific night is more rewarding than 83
years and 4 months of prayer (a thousand months).
They say it’s a Night of Decree/Destiny: It is
believed that on this night, Allah decrees the fate of individuals for the
coming year.
Divine Forgiveness: Muslims believe that sincere
prayer and repentance on this night result in the forgiveness of past sins.
Spiritual Reflection: Many spend the night in
deep prayer, reciting the Quran, and making heartfelt supplications, thinking,
hoping, praying for a vision or dream from Allah.
Instead, many report having dreams from the One and
only True God, Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Resulting in glorious, eternal,
salvation, hallelujah!
Purim.
Today and tomorrow, Purim
is celebrated. The Jewish holiday every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month
of Adar. This year it falls on March 2-3.
It commemorates
the Divinely orchestrated salvation of the Jews in ancient Persia (Iran) from
Jew hating Haman, “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and
old, infants and women, in a single day... and to plunder their possessions.”
(The same demonic hatred in the Iranian regime today).
Purim literally means “lot”, since Haman cast
lots to decide the date, he’d slaughter all Jews.
It all began in Iran, 2,383 years ago (357 BC).
The king of Persia (modern day Iran) selected beautiful
Esther to be his queen.
Mordecai was Esther’s cousin, but he had raised her as
his daughter, because her parents had died. For her own safety, he told Esther
to not reveal that she was Jewish.
One day Mordecai,
uncovered a plot to kill the king. He told Esther. She told the king. The bad
guys were killed instead of the king.
In place of the bad guys the king promoted Haman (he
was worse, but of course the king didn’t know—yet).
Haman was arrogant, loved when everybody bowed before
him.
So, when Mordecai wouldn’t bow, it made Haman hotter
than Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace. When he found out Mordecai’s Jewish faith forbade
him from bowing to any but to the one and only True God, Haman’s hatred spread
to all Jews. He wanted them all dead, dead, dead.
So, he cooked a plan straight from the fiery furnace
of hell.
“Dear king, there are a certain people who refuse to
keep the laws of the king. It is not fitting for them to live. Please let a
decree be written so that they all be destroyed.”
The king trusted Haman and granted his request.
So, in the name of the king, to the entire kingdom, Haman
sent a decree, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both
young and old, little children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth day of
the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their
possessions. Esther 3:13.
Upon hearing the decree Mordecai was mortified. He
tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes. Esther 4:1-2.
Esther sent to find out what was wrong with Mordecai.
He showed her the horrible decree and told her to go
to the king on behalf of the Jews.
She said no one could go to the king uninvited, not
even the queen.
Mordecai told her: “Do not think in your heart that
you will escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews. For
if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will
arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will
perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a
time as this?” Esther 4:13-14.
She said, “Okay, let’s fast and pray for three
days, then, I’ll go and if I perish, I perish!” Esther 4:16.
On the third day she went and found favor in the sight
of the Lord and the king.
“What do you wish my queen.”
“That you and Haman come to the feast I have prepared.”
They did. At the feast, the king asked again, “What do
you wish my queen, up to half my kingdom it will be granted.”
She said, “If it pleases the king, will you and Haman
come again tomorrow to a feast, and then, I will tell my request.”
Everything seemed to be so great for Haman. But
thoughts of Mordecai made him miserable. So, his wife told him to build a
gallows to hang Mordecai, then cheer up and go to the banquet with the king and
queen.
That night the king couldn’t sleep. So, he had the
court records read to him.
By Divine timing (kairos) and
orchestration, they read about Mordecai uncovering the plot to kill the king.
The king asked what had been done to honor Mordecai.
They told him that nothing had been done.
Then king asked who was available to discuss this
with.
“What amazing timing, Haman just walked into the
court.”
“Haman, what should the king do for a man he wishes to
honor?”
Haman thought, he must be thinking about me. So,
he said: “Let the man be clothed in one of the king’s royal robes and crowns
and place him on one of the king’s horses, then have the king’s most noble
prince parade him on horseback through the city proclaiming, ‘Thus shall it be
done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’ ” Esther 6:6-9.
Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry, take the robe and
the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits
within the king’s gate! Leave nothing undone of all that you have spoken.” Esther
6:10.
After Mordecai’s honor, Haman ran home humiliated. Before
he finished whining to his wife, the king’s men showed up and said, “Let’s go,
you’re late for a date with the king and queen.”
So, during dinner the king asked again. “Okay dear
queen, what do you wish, whatever it is will be granted up to half my kingdom.”
Esther said, “Oh king, if I have found favor in your
sight, I only ask for my life, the life of my people. For we have been sold, my
people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been
sold as male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the
enemy could never compensate for the king’s loss.” Esther 7:1-4.
“Who would do such a thing?” said the king.
And Esther said, “The adversary and enemy is this
wicked Haman!”
Haman was terrified.
The king was so angry he walked to the garden to cool
and clear his head.
When he returned, he saw Haman fallen across the couch
where Esther was.
“Will you assault the queen while I’m in the house!!!”
One of the king’s men told of the gallows Haman built
for Mordecai.
“Hang him on it!” said the king.
So, Haman was hung from his own gallows.
Justice.
The tables were turned. The Jews were not slaughtered
but by the king’s decree avenged themselves against those who planned them harm,
including Haman’s ten sons.
Queen Esther was given Haman’s estate.
She put Mordecai in charge.
And they all lived happily ever after.
Well, not really, because the Bible is no fairytale.
But the date is still remembered and celebrated by
Jews, year after year.
Consider the timing.
One day before Purim, the modern-day Haman, Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei was hung from his own gallows in a sense. Killed the same way he
wanted to kill all Jews. As well as the regime leaders. Their navy is largely destroyed
as is much of their arsenal.
Kairos.
Ø Parshat
Zachor.
Ø
Night of Dreams.
Ø Purim.
Ø Operation
Epic Fury and Roaring Lion.
If you want to know the past or the future, look at
God’s calendar—the Bible.
If you want to know what time it is, look at His clock—Israel.
When Kairos and Chronos collide, the world
calls it coincidence, but the Ekklésia, those who are listening, call it,
Providence.
When it happens, pay attention, because it’s there, in
the fullness of time, God moves and speaks.
Today, Operation Epic Fury and Roaring Lion are
turning the tables.
Justice is rising, judgement is falling on those who
planned to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, little
children and women, in one day, and to plunder their possessions.
Are we witnessing a sneak peak, an object lesson, a
foreshadow of the kairos moment when the Lord will fight for
Israel and bring a swift end to the Ezekiel 38-39 war?
Have we just crossed a threshold into the opening throes of that war?
Israel has been battling proxy terrorists. Now, she’s
at war with nations. Just as in the Ezekiel war.
Iran is committed to the nations listed in the Ezekiel
38-39 war including, Russia, Turkey, Sudan, Libya.
America is committed to Israel against Iran.
Will China think America is overextended and vulnerable
back home?
Will this trigger unexpected aggression from folks
like, China, N. Korea, Russia?
Will left wing lunatics and crazy congress demand we pull
out?
Will this draw America home and escalate into the
Ezekiel war?
Ezekiel 38-39 describes a war that will take place
near the starting gate of Daniel’s 70th Week, (the seven year
Tribulation).
During that war, Israel stands alone. America is
conspicuously absent.
Today it may be political suicide for President Trump
to step into this fight.
Yet who knows whether he has come to the
kingdom for such a time as this?
The righteous must do rightly. If I perish, I perish.
If America is absent let it be by being caught up (1
Thessalonians 4:17), or by standing and swinging against God's enemies
until the bitter end.
God will fight for
Israel with earthquake, torrential rain, great hailstones, fire and brimstone.
He will save them in such a powerful way that it will take seven months to bury
the dead, and seven years to dispose of the weapons. Ezekiel 39:9, 12.
“Then
they shall know that I am the Lord.” Ezekiel 38:18-23.
Let’s pray.
Lord Jesus, we may not know the day or
hour, but certainly sense the season. Help us hear and see and act, that when
You come calling You’ll find us faithful, soul winners and disciple makers, redeeming
chronos, longing for kairos, ever ready to see Your face.
We love You, forever.
Amen.
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