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Ever Feel Like You Are Living the Movie After You Read the Book?

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Watchman35
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As Bible prophecy unfolds right before our eyes, do you  ever have the feeling that you are "watching the movie after you read the book"?  Or even more surreal, living the movie after you read the book.  After becoming a Christian, I have to say that I am not a fan of Woody Allen movies.  However, in my BC days I remember that one of the trademarks of his films was that he would be an actor in the movie itself as it played out and then turn to talk to the audience, as if he momentarily was removed from the scene in the movie to step outside of it as a 3rd party so to speak.

Sometimes I feel a bit like that in this life.  I see the temple altar dedicated at the end of Chanukah last December and turn to God to say something like, "I think I just saw the Antichrist's altar being dedicated, which he will one day use in the abomination of desolation."  Or when I hear things about the Trump peace plan coming, "Hey Lord, am I watching the forerunner covenant being formed that one day will be the same covenant, in some form or fashion, which the Antichrist will strengthen as the kickoff to Daniel's 70th week, when You begin to release Your wrath upon the earth by opening the first seal and sending the Antichrist out on his white horse to begin his destructive work upon the earth?"

God is outside of time and knows the end from the beginning.  He has seen everything play out already, with man's free will being exercised, so He can know what happens at any point along the continuum of time without violating man's free will.  As I understand His Word, I don't think He is manipulating people against their will when they fulfill prophecy.  He is simply demonstrating His omniscience in knowing the end from the beginning and then we watch it play out EXACTLY like He knows and said it will.  That is how the Prophets got it right every time.  Because the God who informed the Prophets knows the end from the beginning.  In a finite example, it would be like you or me watching a movie a thousand times and then being able to tell someone else who has not seen it yet exactly what is going to happen at any given moment.  That's one of the countless reasons why He is God and we are not.

So in this drama we call life on earth, we are not only watching the movie after having read The Book...we are living the movie.  What a time to be alive.  Come Lord Jesus!!!

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As parents " in this drama we call life on earth"  (quoting you), there are times we see and know that the decisions our children make are leading them in a certain direction : sometimes good, sometimes not good , and then comes the challenge of parenting : with Godly wisdom or with worldly wisdom !!!

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