What is God doing?

The journey of the past several years has been totally amazing.  We are blessed to have such an amazing God.  There is no doubt that God is bringing about some changes in our world, our churches, and in people.  Being a Jewish believer in Jesus is such a gift.  To see God moving the hearts of others with my same heritage brings such warmth to my heart.  At the same time, something is happening in the church.  God is on another one of His "every 500 year" campaigns.  Even more interesting is to note that He is on another one of His "every 2,000 year" campaigns.  The church has some really big challenges ahead of her and my heart has compassion toward the struggles that she will face.

What is this going to look like for the Church?  Where is God leading us?  What kind of changes are going to take place?  And, what new understandings is He going to show us?


Protestants understand and embrace that 2,000 years ago, under the influence of a hedonistic society, the Catholic Church went astray in several key areas.  Five hundred years ago Martin Luther and several others led a revolt against the church and brought the reformation movement into being.  This was a wonderful move of God that has presented us with a way of life, and an ability to have freedom of religion that was not possible at that time.  At the same time, is it possible that this movement was tainted by the theologies of man?  Is it possible that the religious preferences, desires, and attitudes of those that led the campaign tainted the full degree of the revelation that was necessary?  Is it possible that we are moving into a time period where God is about to finish what He started 500 years ago?  I believe the answers to these questions is YES.

We need only to look as far as this quote from Rev. Mark J. Gantley, JCL as found on WETN.com on 5/1/2005.  "In the 16th century, Martin Luther adopted the  modern Jewish list, putting the Deuterocanonical books in an appendix. He also put the letter of James, the letter to the Hebrews, the letters of John, and the book of Revelation from the New Testament in an appendix. He did this for doctrinal reasons" Italic added


Today, if anyone would attempt to remove any books from the bible because of "doctrinal reasons", or any other reasons for that matter, wouldn't it cause us to really question where this person is getting their "doctrine" from?  Fortunately most of what Martin Luther wanted removed was protected and the integrity of our bibles were mostly maintained.  But this is not the point.  The fact is that this was a major turning point in church history, a turning point that ushered in new understandings, and new theology.  In light of the evidence, how can we deny that Martin Luther's theologies were not tainted by his own personal beliefs, beliefs that did not stem from God, and as such were intended to battle against the Kingdom of God?

Shouldn't we be searching out Martin Luther's personal attitudes and opinions?  Wouldn't a greater understanding of the man help us to understand where a door may have been left open for the enemy to attack?  Wouldn't this help us understand where God might be leading us as He prepares for His next big move?

I pray that this blog has inspired thought for you this morning.  I pray that it has been a blessing.  In Jesus name, Amen.