FATHER spoke in Isaiah chapter 49:
8 Thus says the LORD:
“In an acceptable time I have heard You, And in the day of salvation I have helped You;
I will preserve You and give You As a covenant to the people,
To restore the earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages;”
FATHER gave a promise to restore the earth which was prophesied in the time of Isaiah. Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior, initiated the fulfillment of that restoration and we have been called to work with FATHER to fully accomplish that restoration. Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in 2 Corinthians chapter 6:
1 We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
2 For He says:
“In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
We must quit looking at the past or the future but instead let us focus on the “now”. Men are seduced by the spirit of divination to keep their focus and attention on the future. They look for signs or people who they believe can predict the future. This seducing spirit will misdirect us and take us away from the path FATHER has called us to follow known as “The Way”.
The Beloved Disciple wrote by THE SPIRIT in the Revelation of Jesus Christ, chapter 17:
8“The beast that you saw was [once], but [now] is not, and he is about to come up out of the abyss (the bottomless pit, the dwelling place of demons) and go to destruction (perdition). And the inhabitants of the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished when they see the beast, because he was and is not and is yet to come [to earth].
The devil never has you focus on the “now” but promotes the past or the future. By doing this, you become of none effect in establishing the Kingdom of Our Heavenly Father on earth. You focus all your time and energy preparing for some future event that never comes, or is claimed to have come when some occurrence is assigned by the predictor has being the fulfillment of his or her prediction. This is done to keep the misdirection going and away from the present. The god of this world is an expert in seduction.
On the other hand, the Beloved Disciple recorded in chapter 1:
8“I am the Alpha and the Omega [the Beginning and the End],” says the Lord God, “Who is [existing forever] and Who was [continually existing in the past] and Who is to come, the Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all].” AMPL
Notice the slight difference in the description of the beast and THE LORD GOD. The beast never focuses on the present whereas FATHER does. As Hebrews 13: 8 states “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” It is imperative that those who expect to mature into the fullness of Sonship must focus on the “now” and quit being seduced by what may or may not come in the future. Today is the day of salvation and people all over the earth are in need today. Now is the time!