Joel 2:28-31
“In the last days’, God Says, ‘I will our out my spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams…before that great and glorious day of the Lord arrives.”
I thought it best to start out by using God’s word, rather than my own. Many of you might remember when you were bombarded with e-mails concerning my last blog. I stopped it, mainly because I felt the Lord leading me away from it and to other things. This is still the case, I have been blessed with many new and exciting tasks to do for the Lord while seemingly awaiting his second coming. I’ve noticed one thing however, my Passion and zeal for end time events and prophesy hasn’t ceased. The importance of educating others on what’s happening in the world in relation to Bible prophesy has not quelled at all. I do believe I need to always seek the Lord in his guidance on what he would want me to share and this next piece is something that I found so Hopeful and awe inspiring –not to mention more conformation of the Lord’s words to us that “when we see these things…be ready”–I feel compelled to share this with my friends and Loved ones.
The following is an excerpt taken from Joel Rosenberg’s “Epicenter, why the Rumblings in the Middle East will change your future.”
Chapter 14, page 215
What is happening in Iraq…
“People are being healed. Many of them. We don’t have much experience with that but we’re seeing it happen anyway…And that’s not all.
Muslims are seeing visions of Jesus Christ. He is coming to them and speaking to them, and they are repenting and giving their lives to him. Shiites! I’m talking about Shiite Muslims seeing visions of Jesus and becoming his Followers. In fact, I actually haven’t personally met any Shiites who have come to Christ who were converted because someone shared the gospel with them. They have all come to faith through dreams and vision. They are coming to us already persuaded. Our job, then, is to help them study the Bible, meet other believers, and grow in their faith.” This pastor was not alone in telling me about the enormous number of Muslims who are coming to Christ through dreams and visions. It is a message I heard from nearly every Middle East Christian leader that I interviewed. What’s more, they believe all this is a fulfillment of God’s message through the Hebrew prophet Joel and the apostle Peter. In Acts 2:17-20 Peter, quoting Joel 2:28-31, says, “In the last days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams…before that great and glorious day of the Lord arrives.’”
Chapter 14, page 219
What is happening in Iran…
“As one Iranian pastor explained, “A factory manager recently showed up at a church. We didn’t need to share the gospel with him. We didn’t’ need to persuade him of anything, which was good, in a way, because many in our congregation are terrified to share their faith. But this man already believed because Jesus had spoken to him in a dream. In fact, he said that Jesus had been personally teaching him the way to follow him for two hours a day for an entire year. Now he finally had the courage to identify himself with other believers, and he wanted to worship Christ with us. It was amazing. But things like this are happening all the time in Iran.”
When I read the above passages I couldn’t help but get choked up and just praise the Lord for being so powerful and amazing to do such an amazingly beautiful thing. Have you ever stopped and prayed for a Muslim? Have you ever stopped and prayed for Al-Qaeda, or Hamas, or Amahdinejad? After reading this I thought, how could I not? Can you fathom this? The Lord coming to you in a dream! Many of you might be saying “Yes! He saved me! He rescued me from my fiery pit and now I’m His..! ” When I read the above I know so much more certainly that the Lord is fulfilling his word, which makes me wonder “How much time do we have left? Is it tomorrow? 5, 10, 15, 50 years?” and then that still small voice, that spirit of the Lord whispers, “Andrea, you don’t need to know When I’m coming, or ‘if’ I’m coming, you know I ‘am’ coming and what I want you to do is share my Love and my Word with as many people as you can…” That’s all I can do. I can tell you His word is true, because it’s coming true before my eyes, because I’m living proof that God used the foolish to confound the wise, I was blind and lost, now I can see and am found! What about you? Are you hopeful? Or are you scared? Do you know the Lord yet? He’s waiting for you to seek Him. He can deliver you and he can reach in and melt the coldest hardest heart with simply asking Him to. I beg you, don’t be grudge such an offering as eternal life and forgiveness of sin because you have to See it to believe it…you have to believe it To see it!
In His Love,
mijadedios
(Andrea)
