The Timeline of Eternity

Introduction

In case you missed it, the Internet declared that the rapture was to take place this week. And when I say “missed it,” I don’t mean missed the rapture but missed the chatter, the buzz. And if you missed all that, then well done—you’re doing something right! Keep it up! Keep staying ignorant of whatever trend is currently happening on TikTok. If you’re part of that blessed remnant, let me give you a quick summary.

Here’s what happened: A person (I’m sure he’s got some title, whether given by himself or the Internet) from South Africa declared that Jesus told him in a vision that the church would be taken away on a day that coincided with a Jewish holiday called the Feast of Trumpets (a.k.a. the Jewish New Year), namely September 23 or 24 this year.

This was not the first prediction of end time events (or end-of-the-world rapture) associated with the Jewish festival. And that’s not an unreasonable guess or association of events of that importance lining up with other events that we see in the Scriptures. Who knows why this particular “prophecy” (I use that term loosely and should qualify it by saying “unfulfilled prophecy”) went viral this time. This South African man was not the first, nor will he be the last, to make such a prediction.

We do know why subsequent voices and podcasters might have grabbed on to that and gained ground. We live in a world of mimics and fearmongers, clicks and likes. It used to be that people made original content; now, people just make content commenting on somebody else’s content, and commenting on somebody else’s commenting about the content.

We also live in a world where we’re more able to be aware of the constantly terrible things that occur in this fallen world. We see such things more frequently, and I think that’s also the reason why something like this becomes popular. We’re looking for a reason to hope. It wouldn’t be so bad if the Lord did come this month, right?! We’re supposed to eagerly anticipate that day in which we, as believers, are rescued from this world.

At GraceLife, we happen to be in the middle of a sermon series on eternal judgment as part of a larger series on the elementary principles of God’s Word (or “oracles,” as Scripture calls them in the book of Hebrews). Interestingly, we were always scheduled this week to look at the timeline of eternity. So as we look at that timeline, there are two things that I want you to see:

Principles of biblical prophecy. In other words, what principles should guide us when we’re interpreting, reading, studying/researching, or speaking about prophecy? Without guiding principles, you will simply adopt what you like. You’ll hang on to perhaps what intrigued you the most. You’ll push/advocate—depending on your disposition—that which causes you either the least amount of controversy or the greatest amount of controversy.
Statements about the timeline of eternity. Having laid down guiding principles, I’ll make some statements about the timeline of eternity based on what we see in Scripture.

Principles of Biblical Prophecy

We’ll begin by looking in a book that is considered, in the Christian tradition, to be among the prophets. (In the Jewish tradition, it’s placed among the writings.) That book is Daniel, and here are the first three verses of chapter 9:

In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans¹—in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes. (Daniel 9:1–3)

This passage brings us to our first principle of biblical prophecy.

Principle #1: Biblical Prophecy Has a Foundation in Established History

In this book, Daniel is speaking from a historical place. Obviously, there’s a sense in which any place is a historical place, but Daniel is telling us, in essence, “Here is where I am, here’s when it was, and here’s what I was doing.” It is the first year of Darius. Which Darius? The son of Ahasuerus. Which son of Ahasuerus? The one of Median descent. Who was he? He was king. What was the kingdom? It was the kingdom of Babylon, the kingdom of the Chaldeans, in the first year of his reign.

You should beware of any prophecy that completely disconnects from history. Beware of prophecies that completely disconnect from the previous working of God in history. God’s working in history often restores and renews. So a prophecy that is blind to, or rejects, the things that have come before should send up a red flag. Those historical connections are going to include things like verifiable years, real rulers, real countries, and existing countries (with established boundaries).

Prophecy that is blind to, or rejects, the things that have come before should send up a red flag.

Here is why the historical perspective on prophecy is important and why it’s important for you to be a student of that history: If Scripture can’t correctly report the events in history that have happened, we have no reason to trust it when it prophesies events that haven’t happened. We, of course, can trust its history, which is one reason why we may trust it when it speaks to the future.

And so let us be students of history.

If Scripture can’t correctly report the events in history that have happened, we have no reason to trust it when it prophesies events that haven’t happened.

Another principle to guide us is really a subset of principle #1; it doesn’t have as much to do with prophecy as with the biblical prophets.

Principle #1b: Biblical Prophets Are Established as Servants Within God’s Unfolding Plan

Daniel is exactly where he’s supposed to be according to the plan of God.

As you consider whether the words of one speaking about prophecy are legitimate or not, you need to be careful about how you measure. Is this person a servant of the Lord? Is this person speaking authoritatively from the Lord? Is this person grounded in history?

When it comes to prophecy, be careful about your measure of scrutiny. Daniel’s allegiance is obviously to the King of kings, who is reigning invisibly in the heavens. But he’s also a servant of the king of Babylon. There are some who might have discounted anything Daniel had to say—thinking, “But you’re serving our enemy,” or “You’re serving the one who has enslaved us; how dare you speak for our people!”

Prophetic voices can find themselves in strange places. There’s someone somewhere in a pulpit on a given Sunday morning saying wrong things while someone on social media is saying correct things. And vice versa: There’s someone in a pulpit any given Sunday who is saying correct things while a lot of people on social media are saying incorrect things. So how do you distinguish the good from the bad, the true from the false? Well, that’s where principle # 2 comes into play.

Principle #2: Biblical Prophecy Is Grounded in the Bible

This principle is a fairly obvious one. Daniel 9:2 says Daniel had “observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.” Daniel was a man of the Word—he knew what the Scriptures said. He knew them well enough to see how they lined up with history. He knew a major prophetic fulfillment was on the horizon based on his familiarity with the book of Jeremiah in particular.²

As I (continue to) take up messages about eternal judgment in future sermons, I urge you, do not simply swallow everything you hear, read, or watch (depending on how you’re digesting these sermons). Don’t assume “Oh, we got a handout with a timeline, so this must be exactly how it’s going to be.” Maybe not. There are some things in Scripture that are hard to understand. You are to be like the Bereans of Acts 17,³ eagerly receiving the Word but engaging the Scriptures daily to see for yourself whether what I preach matches up with what is in Scripture. Listen on your own, but also listen and judge these messages in fellowship with other believers who have a similar approach. As I talk about what might take place and as others talk about what might take place, take note of whether those things are grounded in Scripture.

Principle #3: Biblical Prophecy Should Be Approached With a Measure of Humility

If you saw the person from South Africa (whom I mentioned above) making his end-times prediction on his podcast, he said he was one billion percent sure that the rapture would occur on either September 23 or 24. I think he has since made a revision.

This always happens. The false prophet picks a date, but then when it fails to come true, he follows up with, “Okay, well, here’s why I was wrong …” Of course, now he’s “one billion percent sure” that his revision is correct. And so it goes, on and on.

As you discuss prophecy, I encourage you to be open to the views of others. But also be careful of those who give confident but careless assertions. I’m not saying there are no positions that you can’t be confident in. Just don’t pair your confidence with carelessness. You can be confident and humble at the same time.

Be open to the views of others. But also be careful of those who give confident but careless assertions.

I think most people get this—most people understand that this is an area we could be wrong on. We have the past to learn from, right? We can look and learn from the fact that the generation that was promised the Messiah missed it. We can see how those the apostle Paul was writing to were concerned that they’d missed the “coming of the Lord.”

Overall, however, I think most people take these sorts of predictions (like the guy in South Africa made recently) with a measure of caution. But there are some who are quitting their jobs to get rapture ready, and the Bible actually speaks to that. Paul said, “If anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either” (2 Thessalonians 3:10). He wrote those words to a group of people who had a lot of questions about end times. The Thessalonians were concerned they had missed the coming of the Lord, or perhaps that those who had already died were going to miss the coming of the Lord. Paul addresses these concerns (see 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12), and then says if there are people who are now refusing to work, they shouldn’t eat.

Bottom line: Don’t quit working because someone has predicted the end will be this week.

Ignoring the Principles

Let me give you an example of something I saw this week that ignores all three principles that I just went over. It ignores the principles of staying humble, being grounded in the Bible, and remaining grounded in history. You won’t be surprised that it came from social media.

This person posted the following in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s funeral⁴ that occurred last week:

If your instinct in reading words like that are, “I’ve got to get to my keyboard!”, you should probably pause.

If the term “dispensational view” doesn’t mean anything to you, don’t worry about that. In summary, this guy is rejecting the idea that the world will get worse. He’s obviously coming from what is called a post-millennium position—one in which he thinks the world will get progressively better, and then that will usher in the kingdom.

Whether he’s right or wrong, this statement is simply not a take that is grounded in history, the Bible, or humility. It’s really an ill-advised flex here. He’s using a moment of tragedy to get one up on his fellow believers in a matter that’s nonessential. Do not do that!

This post is also somewhat humorous because, as best I can tell, Charlie Kirk’s mentors in the faith were all dispensationalists. This guy is clearly discounting or oblivious to that fact.

This post represents a very narrow picture of one man’s opinion based on what he saw through his television screen. It’s a very narrow view of worldwide Christianity.

This guy’s perspective is from a believer situated in America—and I say this with a measure of caution. I tend to get really upset and annoyed when people glibly bash the “American church.” There’s no point in that, and it’s mostly wrongheaded. I’m not doing that at all. I believe God has blessed us (as Americans) to be in this country. He has called us to be part of—if there is such a thing—the American church. We learn in Acts that God has set our boundaries of habitation—He has put us in the places that we are supposed to be in—so that we will seek Him here (Acts 17:26–27), just as He wants others to seek Him where they are, whether in India, China, Hungary, Mexico, Canada, or South Africa.

So we should beware of any position that is calling out some national church for its ills. There is a time and place for that, potentially, but this one event—seen in edited form through one man’s television—is a very narrow view. If we had a live look not at what was happening with the church last week on a television screen in America, but somewhere else in the world—say, for instance, in Nigeria—you’d see something very different.

In Nigeria, in fact, here’s what you’d see: thousands of Christians being slaughtered by Muslims. In the past 15 years, over 100,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria, and 12 million have been run out of their homes.⁵ This concept of “better” and “worse” are usually relative to our geography and our own rooting interests. That’s the way we operate as humans. This example underscores the need for a measure of humility when it comes to biblical prophecy.

Principle #4: Biblical Prophecy Invites the Question, “When Is the Time?”

The last chapter of Daniel, you’ll notice if your Bible has headings before the chapters, is titled “The Time of the End.” (I’m reading from the NASB; if you use a different translation, there’s probably some eschatological phrase/term there.) Let’s read the entirety of chapter 12 to glean some additional principles of biblical prophecy:

“Now at that time Michael,⁶ the great prince⁷ who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt. Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.”

Then I, Daniel, looked and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the river and the other on that bank of the river. And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be until the end of these wonders?” I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed. As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?” He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the end time. Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand. From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days! But as for you, go your way to the end; then you will enter into rest and rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age.” (Daniel 12:1–13)

As you read this chapter, the most prevalent concept in this last chapter of this book of prophecy is the notation and repetition of specific future times. If you were to do a word cloud, the noun that would pop up the most would be “time”—we have “at that time,” “until that time,” “at that time,” and “time, times, and half a time.”

The fourth principle regarding biblical prophecy is that biblical prophecy invites the question, “When is the time?”

Look at verse 6 again: Daniel “said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, ‘How long will it be until the end of these wonders?’” In other words, when will the end take place? What’s the timeline?

It’s good to be curious about these events. It’s good to attempt to understand them better. Some try to take the position of saying, “Ah, this is all silliness. We can’t know these things.” If you discount all attempts at understanding the timing of end-time events, that can be just as out of step with the Bible as obsessing over the time. The Bible invites us to ask the question, “When is the time?”

So let’s talk about it now.

If you discount all attempts at understanding the timing of end-time events, that can be just as out of step with the Bible as obsessing over the time.

“The timeline of eternity” is itself a funny phrase—this idea of eternity (when time never ends) entering into time! But we’ll do our best to give it a timeline. As we do, we’ll ground ourselves in some principles.

It’s Overseen by Spiritual Forces

First, know that the timeline of eternity is overseen by spiritual forces. Daniel 12:1 tells us that, at that time, Michael (the great prince and archangel) will take his stand. If you’re familiar with the preceding passages, you’ll know they’re all about spiritual and angelic warfare. It gets weird. Someone’s praying, and an angel shows up and says (I’m paraphrasing), “Hey, I heard your prayer. It took me three weeks to get here, though. I got held up by some dark force.” I have no idea how that works. I know what it means to restrain an evil person physically, because he has arms I can tie up—I can shackle him behind bars. How do you restrain a nonphysical entity, though? I don’t know. But this fight is spiritual, angelic, demonic.

Paul reminds us “our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against … powers, against the world forces of darkness, against spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12). The people we think are in control may be the puppets and pawns of dark forces.

Couple that idea with this: “Satan disguises [masquerades] … as an angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14). The darkest of the forces might not appear that way at all but may come in the name of the good. What happens when these dark forces go to war? Even though Michael takes his stand, Scripture says there will be a time of distress such as has never occurred since there’s been a nation. It’s going to result in an evil that, I think, we’ve only gotten a taste of.

But here’s what you have to hold onto: The rampant visible evil in the world is not indicative of the greater invisible good being accomplished.

The rampant visible evil in the world is not indicative of the greater invisible good being accomplished.

The worst time in human history will coincide with God’s powerful angel taking his stand for his people. What a disconnect. Does God care about us? Is He working for us? Look what’s happening in the world!

We see this over and over. It’s revealed in Daniel 12:1: Michael stands and, literally, all hell breaks loose on earth. Then, in verse 7, Daniel says, “I heard the man dressed in linen who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time.” And then the Bible is honest with us—saying “as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people,” the story on earth is not over. Verse 10 tells us, “Many will be purged, purified, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand.” The wicked will not understand the way of righteousness, nor will they understand that their end is near.

It Involves Generalities

The next principle about the timeline of eternity is that it involves generalities. By that, I mean that there are some general events that we can anchor and agree on. Daniel 12:2–3 is the most (and perhaps only) explicit reference to resurrection in the Old Testament:

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake [i.e., the dead will rise again], some to everlasting life, others to disgrace and contempt. Those who have insight will shine brightly … those who lead the many to righteousness … [will shine] like the stars forever.

From these verses, we glean that people die; death occurs. But in addition to death, there is resurrection. There is an eternal life that’s blessed, and there’s also a life that lasts forever that is one of contempt and abhorrence. We call those two places Heaven and Hell. And there seems to be some system of rewards in place. Those in Heaven shine brightly. Those who have done well in this life, who have shared righteousness with others, might shine even more brightly.

There is death, there is life; there is Heaven, there is Hell; there are rewards. May I remind you here that Heaven is not a reward. It is a gift.

Heaven is not a reward. It is a gift.

It Involves Mysteries

The timeline of eternity also involves mysteries. Daniel 12:8–9 says, “I heard but could not understand; so I said, ‘My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?’ He said, ‘Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the end time.’”

There are generalities we can know. There are also mysteries that we will not know.

“These words are concealed and sealed up until the end time.” (Daniel 12:9)

It Involves Specifics

The timeline of eternity involves generalities and mysteries, but it also involves specifics. And some of the specifics are … pretty specific.

Daniel 12:11 says, “From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.”

We could just round it to 1,300, couldn’t we?! Then, in the very next verse, we’re given another specific number—1,335 days.

So let me summarize at this point: When it comes to the timeline of eternity, we’re to be grounded in the generalities, humbled by the mysteries, and encouraged by/curious about the specifics. Why the last of these? Because sometimes the specifics discourage us. We may sit wondering about a specific event, I don’t know what this means! A God of the specifics specifically cares about you—you fit somewhere in this timeline of eternity.

A God of the specifics specifically cares about you—you fit somewhere in this timeline of eternity.

This brings us to the next point about the timeline.

It Involves Possibilities for Your Success

How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days! (Daniel 12:12).

There’s a blessing involved for those who eagerly, faithfully, and obediently wait. Knowledge about the eternal timeline could aid in that blessing, that success. The potential of unending danger is hopeless. If I can number the days, I’ve got a target: 1,333, 1,334 … keep going, keep going, keep going.

It Involves Your Life and Death

As we see in Daniel 12:13, the timeline of eternity involves your life and death: “Go your way to the end, [Daniel]; then you will enter into rest⁸ and rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age.”

There will be a people fitted for Heaven—a people fitted for a kingdom.

Reading the Timeline

Now that was a lot of talk about timeline, but what is the timeline? I’ve teased you with mentions of “generalities,” but now it’s time to get specific. This is where I’ll camp out for the next few sermons. We’ll be talking about the events that occur at the end and the Scripture passages that go along with them. We may fill in the timeline some as we move forward, but as a student of the Word, feel free to write Scriptural references on the chart on your own.

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Here, I recommend you download the timeline we walked through during the sermon.

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I’ll say more about each individual event on the timeline in later sermons. For now, the goal is to understand the framework we are working from.

Keep in mind, this timeline is based on what I think Scripture is teaching, but you should do your own reading and checking. And always remember, views on this and the exact order of end-times events is not an essential of the faith. Some of the events on this timeline are essential beliefs—e.g., the death of Jesus on the cross and His resurrection from the dead (both of which are events that changed everything). But there’s liberty in other things.

Notice, there’s a line going back up to Heaven that represents the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the only person who has ever been resurrected from the dead so far. We are in the present awaiting our own resurrection. Everyone who’s ever died in Christ is also awaiting their resurrection. Resurrection is a future event, and it’s a bodily event.⁹ If you’ve gone to a funeral, you’ve seen that there’s a body, and that means there hasn’t been a resurrection for that person.

Resurrection is a future event, and at some point, there will be a resurrection of the saints. Where you see those words on the diagram (with the two arrows meeting each other), one arrow represents Christ coming to gather his church, while the other represents the church being raptured (or gathered up/snatched away—varied terminology can be used). That will be the resurrection of believers. The books of 1 Thessalonians and 1 Corinthians give some of these specifics that we’ll get into in a later sermon.

Following the resurrection of believers, i.e., the rapture, there is that time of distress spoken of in Daniel, the tribulation—seven years. Some divide it in half according to what we saw in Daniel; I’ll address in a future sermon which one it is.

Some call that last half of the tribulation “the great tribulation.”¹⁰ Seals, trumpets, and bowls—judgments that you see in Revelation: That’s the period of time in which those things will take place—the seven years of tribulation on the earth.

Here is where the terminology gets different: When we talk about the Second Coming of Christ, that event refers to the visible, physical return of Christ to the earth to stay. Now, there’s a sense in which we could talk about the return of Christ to gather His saints in the rapture, but technically, as a term, when we talk about the Second Coming, it’s referencing Christ coming to set up the Millennial Kingdom.

When He comes to set up that kingdom, next, as you will see in the illustration, are a couple of judgments:

The sheep and goats judgment: This one is referenced in Matthew 25, and it makes some people a little uneasy (I don’t want to be a goat!). In a future sermon, we’ll talk about who the goats are, who the sheep are, and who’s the other group of people in that passage that most people miss.
Judgments of antichrist and false prophets.
A temporary judgment of Satan (not on the chart). He’s bound, but during the Millennial Kingdom, he will be loosed.

At some point, there’s another resurrection that takes place during the Millennial Kingdom—hence the double arrow, indicating that there are people who died during the tribulation and also people who will come to faith in Christ during the tribulation.

The Millennial Kingdom will last a thousand years upon the earth. And then there will be another judgment, which we call the Great White Throne judgment (that’s how Revelation describes it). During that judgment, Satan will be cast into the lake of fire, the lake of fire created for him and his spiritual, angelic followers. Unfortunately, there are some humans who do not choose Christ, and they are assigned to that place (the lake of fire) as well.

After that, we enter into the eternal state with our Lord in the new heaven and earth.

This is our timeline. I’ll begin in the next sermon to walk you through the events on it, in the order in which they occur for the most part.

Conclusion

I’ll conclude with some verses from the New Testament. The words of Luke from the beginning of the book of Acts:

The first account I composed,¹¹ Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after he had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen.¹² To these [apostles] He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”¹³

When they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:1–6)

At this point, I’ll give you one more bonus principle about biblical prophecy.

Bonus Principle: Biblical Prophecy Focuses on Issues of the Kingdom

This principle will guide us as we continue our study of eternal judgment.

Jesus, after His resurrection, hung around on earth for another 40 days. What did He teach about during that time? He taught about the kingdom.

When the disciples realized He was about to leave, they wanted to know one thing. Their question was not, “Is it at this time that the world is ending?” Rather, they wanted to know, “Is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6).

Biblical prophecy focuses on issues of the kingdom and, by necessity, the kingdom of Israel.

To their question, Jesus responded, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority” (Acts 1:7).

Notice, Jesus is saying that we’re not supposed to know the times. So why are we teaching on the times (and giving a timeline!)? Well, there’s a difference in not knowing the specific time and knowing the order of things.

There’s a difference in not knowing the specific time and knowing the order of things.

You’ll never hear me say, “This is going to occur on this date, at this time, and this year.” But you will hear me say what I think the Scripture reveals—the (general) order of things.

Next, Jesus tells the apostles, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).

Notice that Jesus gives an order in this verse. And as it turns out, it’s the order of the book of Acts. It’s the order of the movement of both the Holy Spirit and the creation of the church.

And here’s what we glean from this passage: The timeline of eternity demands obedience in the present as the key to participating in God’s unfolding plan.

The timeline of eternity demands obedience in the present as the key to participating in God’s unfolding plan.

It’s okay to have your eye toward the future, but your success in Christian living will come through yielding to the power of the Holy Spirit in the present. We’re to walk by the Holy Spirit step by step. When we do so, our specific timeline, our personal timeline, will work out perfectly according to the plan of God.

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