Appointed Time                                                                                    04-11-14

Mark 13:33 (NASB) ³³  "Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.

Leviticus 23:2 (NASB) ²  "Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'The LORD'S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations—My appointed times are these:


My, my it's going to be interesting next week isn't it? What with Passover, Easter(pagan name) and a BLOOD MOON all in the same week; only to be repeated this Fall on the Feast of Tabernacles. Hmmm..... Is it the end? I don't think so. Although, that is really God's call isn't it? All we are told is to be on the alert. We don't know the appointed time. But, it is that idea of appointment that's in my heart and mind today. That word appointed means" to fix upon by agreement," "to meet at a stated or fixed time." God established these fixed times or "feasts" with the children of Israel and they were required to keep them.It was a time that the children of Israel presented themselves before the Lord. Much symbolism is attached to these feasts, especially Passover, and it seems that at least a few of them have been extended into the Church age and beyond. Without getting too bogged down, Jesus brought the Passover into the Church with the institution of Communion and The Lord's Supper.
God established them as permanent ordinances.

Exodus 12:14 (NASB) ¹⁴  'Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.

The Feast of Tabernacles or Booths for sure will be observed during the Kingdom Age.

 Zechariah 14:16 (NASB) ¹⁶  Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths.
Shavu'ot or The Festival of Weeks, better known as Pentecost is very important to Christians as many mark this day as the beginning of the Church Age. At any rate you get the drift. It's that idea of a set time or a special time with God that's in view here. I believe that God sometimes wants to set aside a special time for us as His children. You know it's like a doctor's appointment. You're in the waiting room and in walks the doctor and it's just you and the doctor. All the others have been put on hold. You have his undivided attention. It's an appointment. A set time. I remember Passover a few years back. I sat on a bench on the top of a hill and conducted my own personal seder. I had an appointment with God, and it remains to this day the finest church service that I have ever attended. Just me and God on that hill. You see, that in my opinion is what is happening next week. God is setting an appointment with His people. He's "putting on the Ritz" if you will to get our attention. He wants to set an appointment with us as individuals and possibly with us as a nation. That's my take on it.

Two thousand years ago Israel, the Jewish people had an appointment with God. He wanted their undivided attention and sent His Son as their Anointed One. The Lord Jesus was their APPOINTED MESSIAH. The tragedy, as we all know, was in the fact that they MISSED their appointment.

 Luke 19:41-44 (NASB) ⁴¹  When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it,
⁴²  saying, "If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
⁴³  "For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,
⁴⁴  and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation."  

Israel did not "recognize the time of your visitation." They had an appointment with God and cancelled it. The consequences of that one missed appointment have been unfathomable for the Jewish people and the JEWISH (caps are mine and they are intended) nation. God wants to have an appointment with us. Individually, one on one with our undivided attention. He desires to speak with us about all of our issues in life. The issues that torment and shackle us. He's got the prescription for our ill health both physically and spiritually. Amen? All we need do is KEEP THE APPOINTMENT! Meditate on those scriptures. Think about the words at the beginning of this paragraph. God help me to not miss the time of MY visitation. He's waiting on us with the wisdom of all the ages. ALL WE NEED DO IS KEEP THE APPOINTMENT!!

God help us that we not miss our appointment with You as your people.
God help us that we not miss our appointment with You as a nation.

Psalm 84:11 (NASB) ¹¹  For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.


Psalm 86:9 (NASB) ⁹  All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And they shall glorify Your name.



God Bless