End times,seeing how it fits

At legacy, wading through Luke, we have been working with some end times passages the last three weeks.

Looking at the Word and history and not at what’s happening in the news.... it’s the heritage of Gods people to be the head and not the tail.

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Isaiah 54:17

And as servants of the lord. This is our heritage too.

Now I will grant you that this was spoken to his stiff necked children of Israel. But since we do have a better covenant, and as we are His servants , and we have become children of Abraham too, how can it not be, our heritage and history too.

"Therefore you shall keep every commandment which I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land which you cross over to possess, Deut 11:8 (NKJV)

No man shall be able to stand against you; the Lord your God will put the dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where you tread, just as He has said to you. 26 "Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today Deut 11:25-27 (NKJV)

And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. Deut 28:13

One can argue whether the church is the tail today. But no one can make the case that the church is the head. The most turbulent internal events and issues that the nation has faced and the church is pretty silent. Contrast with the birth of the nation, and it was the church, that led the way.

Another parable He spoke to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened." Matt 13:33

You cannot stop the leaven, His word will accomplish what he has decreed.

you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you. Deut 15:6 Does not Jesus continue along these lines when he says….. go and make disciples of every nation. I do not think the normal scenarios for premill viewpoints ever have the believers reigning over anything until its the overtime portion of the game.

And that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God, just as He has spoken." Deut 26:19

Eleven of the twelve apostles died as mrytr's as the early church was persecuted, but the church was triumphant against Rome. And then the barbarians whom the might of Rome couldn’t beat, fell before Gods people. That’s only about 800yrs of leavening. But it is, 100’s of years, for the leaven to do that much work.

In the same way that God did not remove all of the enemies and wild beasts from the promised land, but made his people walk it out and take dominion. And he didn’t snap his fingers and defeat Rome or the barbarians in the twinkling of an eye, his people had to walk it out.

When the church was being swept up with the enlightenment, God birthed the Reformation, it took generations, but it moved forward. Right now we are seeing what happens when Gods people stop reforming (discipling if you will ) and turn inward with the faith.

All humanist systems will crumble eventually, because they are built on systems that are apart from God, which means Gods people need to just show up and do what Jesus said, disciple the Nations. ( ok,ok so a lot of us will need to die along the way) but at the end of the day only one team will be standing and I don’t think it will be theirs.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31

The gates of hell shall not prevail….. He is the same yesterday , today, and forever( Heb) Yes this doesn’t exegete to an absolute no premill rapture scenario, but there is a pattern from history, that matches a pattern in the word.