What is God doing nowadays?
July 20th, 2010
When not at “war” and lazing about, do you ever wonder at some things about God, such as today’s topic? Have you ever wondered what the Lord God is doing in this 21st century? Isn’t creation done? Is He just sitting yonder “cloud” relaxing?
Here is what i found out.
And God finished all His work
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ( Gen. 1.1 NKJV)
We all know this. But we are not at the beginning. Furthermore, it is recorded that
1 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
He basically said “It is finished!”.
To the Jews, God was done with all His work. He rested. He told them so. They held it so.
So they observed the sabbath religiously. Fervently, almost to the point of worship of the day. They followed the sabbath law so perfectly that it controlled them. Man now served the sabbath, rather than the other way round. They missed the spirit behind it.
Fast forward to the time of Jesus Christ.
“My Father is Still working”
Jesus comes along and began saying and doing things in rather bizarre ways. One, He claims that He Himself is their one and only God ( not another, but the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Father Himself. The great I AM. Needless to say, they cannot stand it, and seek to kill Him, as Moses commanded). Secondly, He breaks their holiest of laws, sabbath, by working on the sabath!
And here we get a glimpse of what God was doing in the 0th century:
17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.” (John 5: 17)
He claims the Father is still working! Of course they ” … sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.”
And then, of course, He does the ultimate work, dying for man. Finally, the deed is done. It is finished!
He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. ( John 19:30)
So He ascends and sits down. He is done. No more work remains for Him, it would appear.
No man worketh but the Spirit
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