Jeremiah 12:27-28 Son of man, behold the house of Israel is saying, the vision that he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies of times far off. Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God, None of my words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be performed, declares the Lord God.
This verse describes an antagonistic frame of mind and a callousness of heart toward prophetic warnings. The main reason was not necessarily the content of the warning but the many decades long familiarity. They had just heard it so many times without any actualization.
Can you relate to that attitude? I can. I was saved in 1971 during the Jesus movement. About that time the book "The Late Great Planet Earth" was released. It may have been the most impacting book on that generation for the next ten years. It instilled and imprinted the whole movement with a last day’s doomsday mentality. I remember talking to Peggy before we were married about not having children because the world was going to get so evil very soon.
So for me dealing with the “end times” leaves me feeling somewhat schitzo, on one hand because I have an end time orientation and calling as well as the personality to go with it. With few exceptions and until more recently timing has always hurt the prophetically minded individual. On the other hand to speak into culture and live above it is part and parcel of my calling. I know I have been born for those days. At the same time I am pursuing deliverance from an inner orientation that has led me to over read data and situations and see more than God was actually saying.
So chances are if you’re reading this you’re either tired of the many years of warning or you’re also a proponent. In any case whether you’re one of the people struggling with the reactions of verse or one who absorbed in understanding these days, we all need to realize the enemy will do all he can to dilute, water down and actually make the entire issue of the warnings of God ineffective through one very basic tool: familiarity.
So I would encourage you to find a fresh vitalizing in all you do. In your passion for God, in your service to man, and may your eyes be clear to see the things He is showing you. And remember very very few know the days and the hours but we all are to understand the times and seasons in which we live.
This verse describes an antagonistic frame of mind and a callousness of heart toward prophetic warnings. The main reason was not necessarily the content of the warning but the many decades long familiarity. They had just heard it so many times without any actualization.
Can you relate to that attitude? I can. I was saved in 1971 during the Jesus movement. About that time the book "The Late Great Planet Earth" was released. It may have been the most impacting book on that generation for the next ten years. It instilled and imprinted the whole movement with a last day’s doomsday mentality. I remember talking to Peggy before we were married about not having children because the world was going to get so evil very soon.
So for me dealing with the “end times” leaves me feeling somewhat schitzo, on one hand because I have an end time orientation and calling as well as the personality to go with it. With few exceptions and until more recently timing has always hurt the prophetically minded individual. On the other hand to speak into culture and live above it is part and parcel of my calling. I know I have been born for those days. At the same time I am pursuing deliverance from an inner orientation that has led me to over read data and situations and see more than God was actually saying.
So chances are if you’re reading this you’re either tired of the many years of warning or you’re also a proponent. In any case whether you’re one of the people struggling with the reactions of verse or one who absorbed in understanding these days, we all need to realize the enemy will do all he can to dilute, water down and actually make the entire issue of the warnings of God ineffective through one very basic tool: familiarity.
So I would encourage you to find a fresh vitalizing in all you do. In your passion for God, in your service to man, and may your eyes be clear to see the things He is showing you. And remember very very few know the days and the hours but we all are to understand the times and seasons in which we live.
