Ahava Love Letter (#54) - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

“Does Anybody Really Know
What Time It Is?”

“…so that times of refreshing may come from the Lord’s presence; 
and He may send the Messiah appointed in advance for you,
that is, Yeshua. He has to remain in heaven until the time comes 
for restoring everything, as God said long ago, when He spoke 
through the holy prophets." 

(Acts 3:20-12 Complete Jewish Bible)


Dear family of friends,

“As I was walking down the street…Does anybody really know what time it is?”

These two lyric lines of Chicago’s 1969 hit “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” (Robert Lamm, Chicago, 1969) still strike me as being a bit prophetic. Did the Lord use a Top 40 to tell us something? Can He still? Hey, if He can use a donkey’s mouth to communicate, as in the case of Balaam the Old Testament guy, I believe He can, and does, use a classic secular song to speak to a generation, or two. Depends though on if we are really listening.

Walking down the street, and knowing what time it is, tells me these two things.

One, we are to be on the move. Not sitting around waiting to be raptured out of a mess. (“I’m getting out of here. We won’t be around for the big tribulation. Let the world go to hell if they want to” attitude.) Do you know who started that lie? The Liar himself.

And two, we are to know the time, for even as the end is drawing near, there is much work to do. 

And who has the Lord appointed to do it? You and I. 

And how is He going to get us to do it? By giving us power from on high, another Pentecost (Hebrew - Shavuot) moment. Both individually and collectively.

In April of 2013, the week of  Passover (Pesach) and Resurrection Day (formerly known as Easter, another Liar lie), the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) re-fired me with His power and presence. After a three year waiting period, He needed once again to restrengthen me, to take my rightful and needed place “on the job”. To do my part in getting His will and purposes done. 

He is doing that recharging to others. He is getting His warriors back together in the army of God. He is on the move, and it is time for us to be also, in step with Him.

As I have watched the international, national, and local news over the last 10 years, it is obvious (at least to me) that the Church, the people of the Lord Jesus Christ (Yeshua HaMashiach) had fallen back in brokenness, despair, indebtedness, and bewilderment. It’s as if we were struck in the face and gut, and then staggered about like someone who just got out of bed, dazed and without a clue. 

At least that was my view. How about yours?

But it is now time. It is time to receive His empowerment once again, to fill our spirits and souls, to get out on the street, where the people are. and to know what time it is. It is time to once again stand up as His godly men and women, to take the offensive in this world that the Father God of all creation loves so much.

So what next? Pray for that enduring power from on high. Seek the Lord as to what you are to be doing. Then get on doing it, for we all need your gifts and talents once again. Our dying world needs the Lord’s salvation. They need our light and inspiration.

He isn’t going to rapture us out of here. He is going to use us to bring His kingdom, as it is in heaven.

It is time. Now.

We are coming back, just as Jack Bauer (TV hit series 24) is. 

JUST AS THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, 

YESHUA HAMASHIACH,

RIDING ON HIS MIGHTY, 

TRIUMPAHT WHITE STEED

SURELY IS!

Ahava (love in Hebrew) to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

Founder/President

P.S. Having now done the 54^th edition of Ahava Love Letter is very special. 1954 was the year I was born. Always did like that year for some reason!

P.S.S. After looking at the next segment, see what is at the bottom. If you are curious.

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Ahava Love Letter #543   Date: In the year of our Lord 2013 (05/15/13 Wednesday 5:30 am. Charlotte, NC)

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