Time of God's Coming
Recognizing God's visitation is crucial for avoiding disaster and achieving safety and prosperity.
Bakht Singh emphasizes the importance of recognizing the times of God's visitation, warning of disastrous consequences for individuals, nations, and churches that fail to do so. He highlights Jesus' lament over Jerusalem's impending destruction due to their failure to recognize God's coming. Singh contrasts the devastating results of missing God's visitation with the victorious outcomes that come from acknowledging and embracing it, including defeating enemies and building strongholds of safety and prosperity.
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"...because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you" (Luke 19:44, NIV)
There are certain times of "God's Coming" to every person and every nation. There are special times of "God's Coming" to every local church. Unfortunately most of the people, nations and the churches fail to recognize those times of God's visitation (KJV).
Whenever we fail to recognize the times of God's visitation, the results are disastrous. The Lord Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem because of the disaster that was going to befall the city. Jesus said to Jerusalem, "The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you" (Luke 19:43-44, NIV). Those are the horrifying results of the failure to recognize God's visitation.
Now let us consider what would be the results if one could recognize God's visitation! It logically follows that the results would be on the contrary because the attitude of the people involved is different. will happen in our lives.
The enemy shall come against us and shall be defeated. We will dash the enemy to the ground. The enemy will not be able to pull down our strongholds. We shall build new forts and strongholds for our safety and prosperity. The whole difference is because we have recognized God's visitation!
Do you know God's plan for the present generation? God is set out and working night and day unceasingly for the restitution of all things. Many preachers have erroneously taught their congregations that Christ will set everything right after His Second Coming. But the Bible emphatically declares that Christ will not come back to earth unless everything in the house of God is set in order (Acts 3:21, NIV).
If you can catch this vision and dedicate yourself to work for the restitution of all things you can take it for granted that just the opposite of Luke 19:43-44 to happen to you. Your enemies shall be destroyed and your life and work eventually shall prosper because you recognized the plan of God for this generation. Amen, Hallelujah!
Sermon Outline
- The Times of God's Coming
- The Results of Recognizing God's Visitation
- God's Plan for the Present Generation
- Restitution of all things is God's plan
- Christ will not return unless everything is set in order
Key Quotes
“Whenever we fail to recognize the times of God's visitation, the results are disastrous.” — Bakht Singh
“The enemy shall come against us and shall be defeated. We will dash the enemy to the ground.” — Bakht Singh
“If you can catch this vision and dedicate yourself to work for the restitution of all things you can take it for granted that just the opposite of Luke 19:43-44 to happen to you.” — Bakht Singh
Application Points
- Dedicate yourself to work for the restitution of all things to experience God's plan for your life.
- Recognize God's visitation in your life to avoid disaster and achieve safety and prosperity.
- Build strongholds for your safety and prosperity by recognizing God's visitation.