“Repent and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things.” (Acts 3:19-21)
By Periods I mean Time Periods, those periods of time characterized by certain events or cultural, political, economic and religious things. History is broken up into different periods of time known by what characterized them: Dark Ages (500-1500), Reformation (1517-1648), Revolution (1775-1848), etc.
The Bible talks about the sons of Issachar (one of the tribes of Israel) “who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do.” (1Chron.12:32) This is talking about the period of time when Israel had chosen a king and Saul ruled, but God had chosen a different king named David. When Saul was killed in battle, the tribe of Issachar read the signs of the time and they went to join forces with David and make him their new king. They saw the time, the period, they were living in and they adjusted their lives to that. They brought their weapons and wealth to David and made him their new king.
These believers in Acts were living in the times of refreshing from the presence of the Spirit, and they knew it. We are living in the same Time Period. Please know that and see the importance of this period of time so you can act accordingly by the power of God and do what God has called us to do in this period. This is the period when we should experience the presence of God and do the works of God like believers couldn’t do in any other period.
Revelation 19:10 says, “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy,” which means the essence of Bible prophecy is primarily a testimony or witness to Jesus. Prophecy is about Jesus. There are two primary things about Christ and it is His coming. Christ’s comings is Bible prophecy. It was very confusing to those who lived during Bible times because they didn’t see clearly that Christ would be coming to the earth TWICE: once to suffer and the other to reign, once to redeem people and another to restore the earth to its original position in Eden for those redeemed people to live and reign with Christ....
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