On The Horizon Issue #3 2008 Official publication of The W.O.R.D Project Ministries
The Lord Coming in The distance: Could we tell if the Lord is move closer to us. Can we sense a move in the Spirit realm. Would we be able sense a spiritual anomoly. Almost like the pressure from a force that surrounds the universe pressing in. Is this what Paul refered to as the labor pains of all creation. I pressed into the thought as I pressed into the presence of the Lord. A growing sense upon my being told me that this is happening. If anyone has every been through the glories process of child birth will be able to associate with the describe. But is was not until I began to ask the Lord if this possible to detect. I beleive we can and He does move closer toward the End. Listent to how Paul was inspired to describe what I am sensing on the horizon.
Rom 8:22-27
22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
23 Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
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Friends do you groan within yourself? Do you find times of intercession that cause a contraction upon your soul. Spiritual labor pains. God's presence presses in like a outer layer of a basketball closing in on the air trapped within. All things created are contained in His presence and He holds the world together by the power of His might. God will press in upon creation. Picture it. Just like a child in a womb so is all creations surrounded by the presence and power of God. The child is surrounded by the mother's protective covering. Imagine in your mind with what actually takes place during the child birth process. The muscles contract to tighten and constrict upon the inner dwelling place of that child. There is now where for that child to escape. The child is wrapped in the mothers womb, completely surrounded. So will the Day of the Lord come upon all creation. And these days are coming and already here. Paul is inspired to reveal that the beleiver will know these days while those in darkness will not see them coming.
1Thes 5:2-11
2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 5 You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. 11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.
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brothers and sisters. Press into the presence of the Lord. God has given to us the opportunity to partake of the presence of the Holy Spirit who knows the deep things of God. The Holy Spirit who moved uponed the face of the deep what all things were created. God does move and is moving, as the day of the Lord approaches, let us participate and sense the birth pangs. Our hope is in the adoption and the redemption of our body. To be like Jesus Christ in character, to be like Him in physical transformation of a new glorified body. And brothers and sisters this comforts me and builds me up in the faith.
