The Prophetic Opportunity You Have Before You!

[George]

Shalom everyone,

 

As I speak around the world, I'm often talking about the "greatest" opportunity that we're a living part of!  So often in the discussion of the "end of the world" a bunker mentality -- or a "escapism" mentality develops instead of "seizing" the day! 

 

When the Apostles were discussing what to do with the "newly" converted Gentiles, James stands up in Acts and proclaims this passage as being fulfilled,

 

Act 15:13  After they finished speaking, James replied, "Brothers, listen to me.
Act 15:14  Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name.
Act 15:15  And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written,
Act 15:16  "'After this I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins,  and I will restore it,
Act 15:17  that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name,  says the Lord, who makes these things
Act 15:18  known from of old.'

 

Now the passage that James refers to is in Amos 9 and this is the entirety of the passage,

 

Amo 9:11  In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
Amo 9:12  That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

 

But James stops in the passage, and the reality is that this passage is being fulfilled in our day!

Amo 9:14  And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

 

How can they build waste cities -- or return back to their land -- unless they were first expelled from the land -- and RETURNED to the land!  This is happening in our day!

Amo 9:15  And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

 

Now let's turn our focus on verse 13,

 

Amo 9:13  Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

 

This is the Keil - Delitzsch commentary of this particular verse so we can better understand its meaning.

 

The ploughman will reach to the reaper.” Even while the one is engaged in ploughing the land for the sowing, the other will already be able to cut ripe corn; so quickly will the corn grow and ripen. And the treading of the grapes will last to the sowing-time, so abundant will the vintage be.

 

The harvest is SO ABUNDANT, that there's reaping and sowing happening at the same time!

 

Mat 13:24  He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,
Mat 13:25  but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.
Mat 13:26  So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.
Mat 13:27  And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?'
Mat 13:28  He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?'
Mat 13:29  But he said, 'No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.
Mat 13:30  Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"

 

The harvest of the world is upon us.  What most people don't understand is what is happening on a global scale, and what generation we're a part of!

 

 

As you can see the population of the world was ESSENTIALLY FLAT for 1900 years after the birth of Christ.  But now it's shooting STRAIGHT UP!  It's the HARVEST coming to pass!  If you can imagine this -- let's suppose for hypothetical sake that 10% of the world comes to a saving knowledge of the Lord.  The population's of the world combined for the first 1900 years let suppose is about 4-5 billion people.  So hypothetically for the first 1900 years roughly 400,000,000 to 500,000,000 people came to faith.  We're alive and the population of the world is over 7 billion people!  These are the current up-to-date population figures (which includes deaths today / and for the year -- eyeopening when your realize how many people have died so far this year!)  So if we continue with our same "hypothetical" understanding then we will see 700,000,000 people come to faith.  But if you were seeing all the signs of the truth -- and prophecy being fulfilled -- my thoughts are it could MUCH HIGHER than these "hypothetical" estimates!

 

We're will see MORE PEOPLE come to faith in our LIFETIME than the ENTIRE HARVEST of the WORLD for the previous 1900 years COMBINED!

 

And we're alive for this!  We're alive to see the fulfillment of the entirety of Amos' prophecy!

 

So often, I'm confronted with challenges on the forums with simply the fact we get so many people that come that do not know the Lord and when to say "enough is enough" when they are clearly simply a "weed" that the enemy is sowing in the field of wheat!  But the Lord says to allow them to "grow together", however at some point, you realize that you're simply "casting pearls before the swine" and it's time to cut the rope and let them be on their way.  This is a tough balance that is always weighing on the hearts of the moderators.  We are a ministry of outreach -- FIRST and FOREMOST -- why?  Because that is our commission by the Lord!  If we neglect this commandment -- we've forgotten our whole purpose for being here! 

 

We're called to be "fishers" of men.  If you can imagine someone fishing -- they don't pull in fish perfectly cleaned, fileted, and ready to eat!  

 

The first thing fishermen do is you need to go to the lake, river, or ocean where "fish" gather.  Can you imagine trying to fish on your front yard?  You wouldn't catch any fish!  You can't catch fish -- unless you're in the water!

 

Secondly, when you cast a net to draw in a school of fish, you have to understand that you often draw in all kinds of "unwanted objects".  The old tire, the old shoe, the stick!  Jewish fisherman often had to separate the "clean and the unclean" fish!  Catfish was considered unclean, while Tilapia (St. Peters fish) was clean.  But you can't separate the fish -- until you draw the net in! 

 

Thirdly, even after the catch -- the fish need to be scaled, gutted, and deveined!  It's a MESSY process!  If it were easy, we wouldn't be called fishers of men!

 

So people don't like the "messiness" of fishing for men, whereas I see the schools of fish just waiting for us to cast the net!  I see prophetically the millions coming to faith in our generation -- and we're part of it!

 

If you didn't get a chance to listen to my message -- It's not the end of the world -- I suggest listening to it to get an understanding of where we are prophetically.

 

Are you prepared spiritually for the greatest opportunity the Lord has provided us?

 

So the next time you post -- perhaps you should remember that every word -- is being judged by the King of Kings -- and before you post -- ask yourself -- is this "worthy" of being recorded in the books?  I believe people don't realize that their posts are being read by thousands of guests on a daily basis -- is your post drawing in the fish?  Or is it creating a hole in the net?  I pray that this message is taken to heart -- for we're part of the prophetic history!

 

Your brother in the Lord with much agape love,

 

George

[angels4u]

Amen ~~

[FresnoJoe]

Amen~!

[FresnoJoe]

 

From Heaven With Love

 

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, 2 Corinthians 2:15 (ESV)

 

Thank You LORD Jesus