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A Divine Appointment
ow often do you hear a preacher tell you that you are not hearing their speech by accident—that you have been called to that time and place by a Divine
until He returns. The details are different for this appointment. Jesus didn’t give us an exact time (Matthew 24:36), but He does
appointment? Have you ever considered what it would be
want us to know when the time is getting close (Matthew
like to have a Divine appointment set for you to meet with
24:32,33). Jesus told His disciples that before He returned,
God Himself?
there would be specific signs of upheaval in the religious world, the political world, and the natural world (Matthew 24:1-13). During January 2020, the following headlines were spread across the daily news: 1) Tens of thousands of square miles in Australia destroyed by fire. 2) Puerto Rico hit by an earthquake swarm. 3) The United States and Iran so close to war that Iran accidentally shot down a commercial airliner. 4) The Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupted. 5) Hate crimes against Jews rising in America.
The night before Jesus died, He set a Divine
6) East Africa suffer the worst locust swarms in decades.
appointment for all His followers. “But after I have been
7) The United States Presidential impeachment trial.
raised, I will go before you to Galilee” (Matthew 26:32).
8) The third largest January tornado outbreak in
The promise of this meeting was intended to sustain the disciples through the terrible hours they would endure while He was dead. What is striking is how repeatedly the
recorded US history. 9) Tens of millions of Chinese quarantined due to an outbreak of coronavirus.
meeting arrangements were given after the resurrection
10) Britain left the European Union.
(Matthew 28:10; Mark 16:7). The time and location had been
Jesus was describing our day. He is coming very soon.
specified by Jesus Himself (Matthew 28:16-20). The meeting
But He doesn’t want His people to live in fear. “Now when
was not intended to just be for the eleven disciples, as Paul
these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your
would later state that around five hundred were gathered to
heads, because your redemption draws near” (Luke 21:28).
be witnesses of Jesus’ resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:6). It’s easy to look back and think that was then and this
Jesus wants us to seriously ask, “Do I know Jesus?” (Matthew 25:11,12). “Watch therefore, and pray always,
is now. But Jesus promised another meeting with all His
that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things
followers the night before He died. He promised to return
that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man”
in glory to take His people to heaven (John 14:1-3). He made
(Luke 21:36). “Blessed are those who are called to the
the promise to sustain His people through the worst of times
marriage supper of the Lamb!” (Revelation 19:9).
30 // March 2020
