Sunday, 5 June 2011

We Are In A Time Like Never Before In History

by Tony Clark

We are in a time like never before in history. There is much in the world that calls itself Christianity, and there is such variation that the onlooker would surely think, “How can I know what is true!” My God! It makes it obvious to me that the Word of God can only be revealed to us by His Spirit, and that man has interpreted based on his own pre-conceived ideas and premises. When God moves in the earth, truth is established, His ways are seen and when man makes assumptions beyond what He is doing, men fall into error, and the false enters. God is doing so much good, but man has always been frail, and weak and without God we are lost and have no way of finding truth. So God moves in the midst of the miry clay, His pure and perfect Spirit in the midst of lifeless clay.

It takes discernment to see what God is doing, and it takes discernment to see where God ends and man begins, what is God and what is not. There is an unprecedented mix in the body of Christ today. There is a unity in the Spirit (What God is doing) but there is SO much division in the flesh (What man is doing).

I believe we are on the brink of the most massive move of God upon the earth that has ever been witnessed, and it’s going to be world-wide. The work that God has been doing behind the scenes (in the unseen realm) will come to the surface and be seen in the natural realm. And religious mindsets, and systems will go into panic and great fear will be felt by those who adhere to them - because it means an end to these systems, they have been found wanting, and they are not pleasing to God.

I feel like this is an eagle view of what God is doing, and on the ground there is much more detail and specifics as to how it will all play out and what it will look like to the individual. It may take years for final events to play out, but we are definitely in the times of the end, these are final things that are taking place.

It would make sense that the end time church, would be Holy and unspotted by the world, and that it would be glorious – after all God is its maker. The end time church will not be full of man-made systems, and it will be free of all idols. The church at present does not look like this, but is filled with idolatry and she is unfaithful in so many ways. But God is in control, and His work is sure, and His plan is perfect. God is not moved, because He sees the beginning from the end. He is not moved (from a place of perfect peace, to fear) by our circumstance. He has got it in hand. The wisdom of God is unparalleled.