The Tides Are Turning - Part 1

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Verses to have on hand while listening

Isaiah 27: 1-3, 12

1: In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.
2 In that day,
“A vineyard of wine, sing of it!
3 “I, the Lord, am its keeper;
I water it every moment.
So that no one will damage it,
I guard it night and day.

12: In that day the Lord will start His threshing from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel. It will come about also in that day that a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.


Two lions:  The lion of Judah and the false lion.  

Revelation 5:5 (NLT) the True Lion
But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, "Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne, has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals."
Jesus is the Lion of Judah, and the Lamb that was slain.  See verse 6

1 Peter 5:8 (NMB NT). The false lion
Be sober and watch, for your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; 9 whom resist steadfast in the faith, remembering that you do but fulfill the same afflictions as are appointed to your brethren that are in the world.

Note: 
Satan is a false lion. He wants to be as powerful as Jesus but he can’t be. He walks around as a roaring lion, seeking who he may devour.  But Jesus is THE Lion, and He is King of all kingdoms. He’ll roar in a whole different way, a powerful way, and things will change, tides will turn and change. He’ll rebuke the storm.  The Tides Are Turning!


Revival is coming and so is Divine discipline for the church

Hebrews 12:1-2. NKJV
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:5-7. NKJV
And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:
“My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
For whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

 Hebrews 12:11
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.


God sent His son to save, not condemn

John 3:17 (NMB NT)
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the worl

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