“You know the saying, ‘Red sky at night means fair weather tomorrow; red sky in the morning means foul weather all day.’ You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the signs of the times! Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign, but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah."
There are many signs everywhere and many, if not most people can and do see them and understand that they are generally indicative of things that are about to happen. Understanding the signs in nature come from experiencing them personally and teaching the meaning of those signs to the next generation. The same should be true of what Jesus said concerning the 'signs of the times'.
He rebuked the spiritual leaders of Israel for either not knowing the times they were in or for deliberately misleading the people and sowing mistrust in their minds. He called them out for their actions because, I believe, they knew what Jesus claimed was true but to save their own position and influence they covered up the truth. They also tried to keep the people ignorant and were sewing the same arrogance they had in their hearts into the people they were charged with teaching.
It is my belief that one thing Jesus was saying was that we must be aware of the times we are in and that if we would seek Him and His wisdom He will show us where we are and what to do with that information. We must first be fully aware of the times we are in through what the scripture describes which means we must study the scripture for ourselves. Second we must be in constant prayer and meditation dwelling on the scripture. Third we must be aware of what is happening around the world. We cannot be aware of "signs of the times" if we are not fully aware of current events.
The Church must become much more aware of the times we are in not so we can know but so we can do. We are entering what I believe Isaiah described as "Deep Darkness" and that darkness (ignorance) is beginning to cover the earth and people are going to come to us because we have the light (knowledge) to be able to navigate through it. If we do not understand the prophetic relevance of what is happening we will be as full of fear and confusion as those who have come to us for guidance.
The signs are all around us we just have to seek to understand them....
There are many signs everywhere and many, if not most people can and do see them and understand that they are generally indicative of things that are about to happen. Understanding the signs in nature come from experiencing them personally and teaching the meaning of those signs to the next generation. The same should be true of what Jesus said concerning the 'signs of the times'.
He rebuked the spiritual leaders of Israel for either not knowing the times they were in or for deliberately misleading the people and sowing mistrust in their minds. He called them out for their actions because, I believe, they knew what Jesus claimed was true but to save their own position and influence they covered up the truth. They also tried to keep the people ignorant and were sewing the same arrogance they had in their hearts into the people they were charged with teaching.
It is my belief that one thing Jesus was saying was that we must be aware of the times we are in and that if we would seek Him and His wisdom He will show us where we are and what to do with that information. We must first be fully aware of the times we are in through what the scripture describes which means we must study the scripture for ourselves. Second we must be in constant prayer and meditation dwelling on the scripture. Third we must be aware of what is happening around the world. We cannot be aware of "signs of the times" if we are not fully aware of current events.
The Church must become much more aware of the times we are in not so we can know but so we can do. We are entering what I believe Isaiah described as "Deep Darkness" and that darkness (ignorance) is beginning to cover the earth and people are going to come to us because we have the light (knowledge) to be able to navigate through it. If we do not understand the prophetic relevance of what is happening we will be as full of fear and confusion as those who have come to us for guidance.
The signs are all around us we just have to seek to understand them....
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