Bøger af Tom Stolz

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God has a plan to make one new man (Ephesians 2:15) in His Son from both the Jewish and Gentile nations. The emnity that has broken the earth since the fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden is resolved in the person of Jesus. This beautiful plan that God has isn't accomplished apart from us. It is in following Jesus into a Spirit-led life that God leads us into a unified Bride centered on Jerualsem, the city God has chosen for Himself to dwell with man. Jesus prayed for, thought on, and longed for, Jerusalem to be reconciled to Him. He prophesied that Jerusalem would not see Him again until she invited Him as Messiah back into the city. All of the shaking of our day points to the soon-coming fullfillment of this key prophetic truth: Jesus is still waiting for the Jewish nation. Simultaneously, the Jewish nation's need for a Messiah who changes the heart of Israel before He changes the politics, the army, or the economy, grows by the day. Deep division in the Jewish nation cries out for rebirth only Jesus can provide. Israel will be born again! "Yeshua" (ישוע) is the name Jesus Christ would have been called by His friends. It is a derivative of Joshua, a common name in Jesus' day. His name means "salvation." Yeshua is truly the only hope of salvation, not just for the Jewish nation, but for all. Jesus is a Jewish man. When you become part of His body, you become part of a Jewish man's body. My prayer for this 21-Day Prayer devotional is that you would grow not only in your understanding of what Israel needs, but what you need, as a follower of Yeshua, to worship Him in Spirit and Truth, which is to see Him for who He really is. Praying for Israel and learning to see who she really is, is what will cause all who interecede for her to see eye to eye as Jesus returns. Isaiah 52:7-8 How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!" Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, With their voices they shall sing together; For they shall see eye to eye When the LORD brings back Zion.

War and rumors of war abound. Extreme weather and natural events are continually in the headlines. Godliness and morality seem to be quickly fading notions. Israel is literally surrounded by enemies, and world economies teeter on the brink of collapse. Jesus told His followers in Matthew 24 that the generation that sees all these things happen at the same time will not pass before the end of the age. 2,600 years ago, the prophet Daniel was told that in the end knowledge will increase and people will rush from place to place. This generation has witnessed a knowledge explosion caused by the internet. With the push of a button, centuries of knowledge are at our fingertips. So what does this all mean?This is a message to a generation poised to experience the great and terrible events prophesied thousands of years ago. It is an honest and exciting look at not only what the Bible says about the end of the age, but what we are to do in this amazing time! My prayer for this book is that it will help a generation inundated with news of world conflict, rising anti-Semitism, global confusion, and humanistic social justice see the excitement and beauty of Jesus' plan to drive evil off the planet.You live in a time all of creation has longed to see unfold, and you have a front row seat. How the next years look to you will really depend on the lenses you look through. Think 3d glasses: if you have the glasses on, everything in the movie looks right and is exciting. Without the glasses, you get a headache and want to go home. I would like to help you put on the glasses!

Isaiah 47:5-8 "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For you shall no longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms. I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily. And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever, ' So that you did not take these things to heart, Nor remember the latter end of them. "Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children'; Not every location has the same destiny. God doesn't have the same plan for every country of the earth. Some nations, like Israel, Egypt, and even the revived Assyria, have prophetic destiny: Isaiah 19:23-24 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians. In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria-a blessing in the midst of the land, As end-time events clearly unfold, many wonder where the USA is in the Bible. At the same time, many contend for a national revival that will quell the rising tide of trouble and rebellion in the western world, missing that the last superpower, the end-time Babylon, has a very clear fate. The fate of the end time Babylon is one of division, but also one of GREAT promise. The division is what Jesus wants! Out of division, or unity-by-sanctification, will come one pure and spotless Bride...an end time Church that will share Jesus' very throne! But, you must know where you live, and respond in agreement with Jesus, to get the inheritance He paid for you to have: Revelation 18:3-4 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury." (4) And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.

The return of Jesus to earth is a great and terrible story. Understanding the role of the Church in this hour is essential to see the world in the right perspective. God is orchestrating the events in the earth to produce a longing for His return and hearts of repentance to come under the leadership of Jesus before Jesus returns to be the sole leader of the earth forever. The Angel Gabriel told Jesus' mother, Mary, exactly how Jesus would rule the earth: Luke 1:30-32 Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. -THE FINAL CHAPTER is a study of what it really means to partner with Jesus in preparing the earth for His eternal reign by building a throne for God on earth, just as David did thousands of years ago! Acts 15:15-16 And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written: 'AFTER THIS I WILL RETURN AND WILL REBUILD THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID, WHICH HAS FALLEN DOWN; I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL SET IT UP;

In Revelation Chapters 2 and 3, Jesus picked out seven churches in John's day that were representative of what the Bride would look like at the beginning of the end time harvest. What He told those churches has matured into OUR day. We are supposed to understand the strengths and weakness of these seven churches and apply them to our own hearts, families, churches, and cities. There is much coming that must be overcome. There is a reward for overcoming the Tribulation, which will refine the Bride and make her ready for the wedding!Daniel 12:9-10 And he said, "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.-The Seven Churches examines each church to gain understanding of what the Spirit is saying to the Bride in this hour.