{"id":4368,"date":"2023-06-05T01:18:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T06:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2023-06-05T15:56:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T20:56:40","slug":"life-in-perilous-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/life-in-perilous-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in Perilous Times…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Scriptures foretell that the time before the prophesied End of Days would be “perilous” (\u03c7\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u1f79\u03c2) and full of moral depravity: “Understand this, that in the last days perilous times (\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03bf\u1f76 \u03c7\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77) shall come” (2 Tim. 3:1). In the entire New Testament, the only other place we find this word translated \u201cperilous\u201d (i.e., \u03c7\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u1f79\u03c2) is in Matthew 8:28, where it describes savage demonic activity. Indeed, the word likely comes from a Greek verb (\u03c7\u03b1\u03bb\u1f71\u03c9) that means \u201cto let down from a higher place to a lower,\u201d thereby creating a sort of spiritual \u201cchasm\u201d or rift, which again suggests that Satan\u2019s activity will be unleashed upon the earth. In the \u201cEnd of Days,\u201d then, a wave of fierce demonic activity will appear upon the earth that will menace and terrorize others. If you can stomach reading the daily news, you will see that this peril is a regular feature of our world today.<\/p>\n

Are we then to be in dread of these things? No. \u201cThere is no fear in God\u2019s love\u201d (\u03c6\u1f79\u03b2\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u1fc3). God gives truth and grace to help us navigate our difficult situation; he understands the character of the times in which we live… Notice that the Greek word translated \u201ctimes\u201d in the phrase \u201cperilous times\u201d (\u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03c1\u03bf\u1f76 \u03c7\u03b1\u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u03bf\u1f77) is also translated \u201cappointed times\u201d (\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd) throughout the Scriptures. In other words, God has appointed this time to be one of judgment upon the world system, and we are here forewarned so that we can speak the truth and offer healing to others who seek deliverance… The Lord will never leave us nor forsake us; He will shelter us in Goshen (\u05d2\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05df, lit. \u201cdrawing near\u201d) before the hour of his wrath; He will walk with us through the waters, and through the fires (Isa. 43:2). Our Lord knows how to calm the storms around us…<\/p>\n

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