Von der Tyrannei zur Hoffnung

Throughout the biblical history of Israel God used international forces to push the Jewish people towards righteousness and blessing. God’s covenant with the Jews was for blessing through obedience and, durch sie, blessing for all nations on earth. But when God’s chosen people strayed far from their promised commitment and threatened their own destruction, Gott benutzt, um andere Nationen Kurskorrektur bringen.

Wie sieht Gott DRAW einer Nation auf sich aufmerksam.

Wie weit zurück, wie Abraham und Issac, Gott benutzt Abimelech den König der Philister, um eine Korrektur an den Patriarchen bringen für ihre Lügen. (Gen.20, 26) Wenn Gottes Plan für Israel war fast durch die Söhne Jakobs rauen und Hautausschlag Völkermord an den Sichemiten vereitelt (Gen.34) It is Egypt that God used as a place of refuge and then correction for this infant nation. And as the great Israel of Soloman’s time begins a steep moral decline, God raised up the Assyrians to bring pressure to bear. As that decline continued God brought heavier judgment on Israel through invasion and finally exile to Babylon. Dann, it was the Babylonians who rebuilt and reestablished the Jews in their homeland in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. From the broadest perspective it seems that God has always used the unrighteous nations to judge the unrighteous in order to draw our attention back to Himself.

Menschen, die etwas zu leben HABEN, NICHT wegwerfen LEICHT.

I have just returned from six weeks in the Middle East and Asia where I have had much time to ponder the ways of God in current events. I was in Egypt on 9/11/2001. As I returned last month, weit davon entfernt, größere Angst und Schüchternheit der Christen in Ägypten, radical Islam and the threat of terrorism is creating greater boldness among the believers and greater tolerance for Christians among the Muslim officials. In Egypt, Bangladesch, Dubai und Kuala Lumpur es schien so klar für mich, dass der Druck des Kapitalismus und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung wird sich ein Todesstoß islamischen Fundamentalismus, marginalizing the extremist by increasing the quality of life. People who have something to live for, auch wenn es Material Segen, do not throw it away lightly. Natürlich, wie die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung arbeitet gegen Extremismus, it also creates a spiritual void. Aber, könnte, dass ein Teil von Gottes Strategie für den Nahen Osten? Could a crushing blow to Islam through capitalism create the environment for sweeping evangelism? If so the Christians in Egypt and Malaysia are more prepared than ever. Egypt was a stronghold of the earliest church. Who is to say that we will not see that again?

CHINA: Schaffung einer Atmosphäre Günstig zum GREAT REVIVAL.

Betrachten wir die vergangenen Jahrhunderts in China! After nearly 2000 Jahre dynastischer Tyrannei ist es Kommunismus, die nach unten riss die Mauern der geschlossenen Reich, creating an atmosphere condusive to great revival. There are now millions of Chinese believers. Und, jetzt, dass die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung wird systematisch Demontage der Steuerung des Kommunismus, this mammoth Church is preparing to influence the world beginning with India and the Middle East. Was communism the political pressure God used to bring China to Himself? Could capitalism be God’s tool to diffuse Islam and bring a great freedom for His Spirit to reach these lost and barricaded nations?

BEACHTEN KOREA - NORD UND SÜD!

Seoul wird jetzt berichtet, dass 40 zu 50% Christian. Some feel the huge, affluent and educated church of Korea may be in danger of becoming self-absorbed and fat. Jedoch, North Korea is looming on the horizon. It cannot be long before the political tyranny there fails completely. Has God prepared a body of believers in the south for the challenge of reaching the lost in the north? And is the challenge of reaching North Korea the very thing that the church in South Korea needs to stay vital and Christ centered?

REACH ODER ERREICHT!

In Gottes Plan der Dinge könnte Kuba nur die Herausforderung, benötigt, um eine zügellos Kirche in Amerika schärfen sein? The church in Florida alone could take on the challenge of flooding, Evangelisierung und Entwicklung von Kuba, Ändern das Schicksal einer Nation.

Und was ist mit Europa? As “Christian Europe” becomes an archaic phrase used mostly by humanist politicians to defend values for Europe that God could never tolerate, was könnte Gott vorbereiten, um uns unter Druck wieder auf ihn konzentrieren. Umgeben von muslimischen Nordafrika im Süden, the Middle East to the southwest and Russia to the northwest it does not take a very active imagination to see the pressure God could bring to bear. It is “reach” or “be reached!"

Diese Perspektive sollte uns Hoffnung geben! God is not thwarted in the cacophony of global issues before us today. Quite the opposite, He is alive and well and doing what He has been doing in all of human history. He is using the unrighteous to bring pressure on the unrighteous. He is seeking to reach and teach the nations and there is no power great enough to stop Him. Quite the opposite, Er nutzt die höchst unwahrscheinlich, wenn nicht abgeneigt Gewaltenteilung, um seinen Willen zu tun.

TEACH US zu beten.

Zweitens, Diese Perspektive sollte uns zeigen, wie man betet! Let us pray that the systems of men that control the peoples of the world be crushed by any means God deems necessary. Let us pray that the chaos that results not be wasted but the void filled with the life-giving message of Christ. Let us pray that a bound church be liberated through any means necessary and become again the bride worthy of the groom. Pray that even now Christian business people, Christen in der Regierung und Gesetz, Christen im Bildungs-und Gesundheitswesen, Christen in Familientherapie und Entwicklung, evangelist and church planters in South Korea begin to prepare for a free North Korea. Pray that the economic development in the Middle East continue to keep ahead of the influence of terrorism. Pray that a vibrant wave of evangelism from Malaysia, China and Korea flow over the Middle East. Pray that by any and all means, Europa seine christlichen Wurzeln zurückgeführt werden, was Christen in Europa.

Mit freundlichen für alle, dass ist sein,
Landa