Why These Prophetic Conditions Are Aligning Again for the First Time in 2,000 Years - ASHER INTRATER CHARISMA NEWS

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Why These Prophetic Conditions Are Aligning Again for the First Time in 2,000 Years

3/6/2017 ASHER INTRATER  CHARISMA NEWS

At the turn of the year 2017, as we were praying during our conference in Brazil, I sensed the Spirit of the Lord saying in my heart, to "return to a new age of the acts of the apostles."

For decades, we have looked to the Acts of the Apostles as the pattern for ministry, and indeed most restoration-oriented ministries do so. But I perceived this word to mean something quite different: not just a pattern, but an "age"—as mentioned in 1 Cor. 10:11—"to us upon whom the end of the ages has come."

In Acts 2, the Holy Spirit was poured out in approximately the year 33 AD. The Apostle Paul reportedly was beheaded in approximately 67 AD. The city of Jerusalem was destroyed in A.D. 70. While apostolic revivals have certainly continued around the world, there was a relatively short window of time between A.D. 70-30 in which all of the "action" of the book of Acts took place.

What was the "end of the age" for Paul and the other disciples? In their generation, it was the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Another "end of the age" is foretold at the Second Coming (presumably in our generation). There was a previous "end of the age" at the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC and another before that in Noah's time (2 Pet. 3:5-10). There will be yet another at the end of the Millennial kingdom (Rev. 20-21).

Yeshua, Peter, Paul and John all relate to a double "end," one in their own generation and one in a later generation (Matt. 24:3). For this reason, there is an overlap of prophecies when speaking of the end times. The first age of the apostles occurred right before the "end of the age" in their day. This new age of the apostles will happen right before the "end of the age" in our generation. Both involve the destruction of Jerusalem (Zech. 14:2).

The first apostolic age took place shortly after Yeshua ascended into heaven from earth. We are in the period shortly before His descent from heaven back to earth. A unique factor in these two time periods is the overlap of the international ecclesia and the Messianic community in Israel. Before A.D. 33, there was no ecclesia. After A.D. 70, there was no Israel. During that one generation, both the ecclesia and the remnant were in position. Today, for the first time in 2000 years, the two again coexist.

We don't know exactly how to count the present window of opportunity. Did it start in 2000 AD and will it end at 2040? Does it begin now in 2017 and end sometime in this generation? I don't know.

However, for the first time in almost 2000 years, the conditions of the book of Acts are coming together again. Moreover, the alignment between a revivalist, apostolic ecclesia in all the nations and a revivalist, apostolic Messianic remnant in Israel is occurring for the first time. There was no opportunity for this alignment to take place in previous generations.

This is a speeding-up of time for the nations, for Israel, for the church, for communications, for revelation, for revival, for persecution, for the completion of the great commission of Acts 1:8, for the outpouring of the Spirit on all flesh according to Acts 2:17 and for the restoration of all things as stated in Acts 3:21. The year 2017 represents a breakthrough, a "restart," for the apostolic and apocalyptic prophecies to take place. 

This article originally appeared on Revive Israel.

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'The Bible Continues' Brings Book of Acts to Life

By Efrem Graham

News Anchor & Reporter  CBN News

Thursday, April 02, 2015

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- An epic television series,  "A.D. The Bible Continues," will make its debut on NBC this Easter, April 5.

The series follows on the heels of "The Bible" miniseries, which drew more than 100 million viewers to the History Channel in 2013.

The new network television series picks up where the successful cable miniseries ended: at the death and resurrection of Jesus.

'Game of Thrones'-Esque

Executive co-producers Roma Downey and Mark Burnett spoke with CBN News about bringing the pages of the Bible to life for today's viewers.

"Clearly, the story of the Bible, and in the case of 'A.D. The Bible Continues,' the story of the Acts of the Apostles, really grabs people emotionally," Burnett said. "But then you have got to make it very well and execute on the promise. And that is our job. I guess we are probably experts in making television."

Burnett undersells his success. He is the engine behind nearly a dozen television hits, including: "Survivor," "The Apprentice," "The Voice," "Shark Tank," and "The Bible" miniseries.

"When we were filming 'The Bible' series in Morocco, we'd wished we'd had more than 10 hours," Downey said, recalling production for the miniseries.

"We'd wished we'd had 100 hours because the stories are so deep and so rich," she added. "And we decided while we were there that we would take a deeper dive into the Book of Acts."

This 12-hour series takes audiences through the first 10 chapters of the Book of Acts and the first decades following the resurrection of Jesus.

It's an epic production Burnett described it as "Game of Thrones meets the Bible."

Describing that biblical period, Burnett said it was "a very tumultuous and bloody time."

"Those apostles and a growing group of disciples could have been killed at any moment," he said. "It was a power struggle between the Romans, the temple authorities, the zealots. In the middle of it was a group of followers of Jesus who were spreading the word. They could have been killed every day."

No Sugar Coating

Following Christ wasn't popular at that time. And the real-life script is now moving from the Bible and history books to today's headlines.

"Here we have with 'A.D.' so much of the story is about the persecution of the early disciples, and it is easy for people to say that happened 2,000 years ago," Downey said. "But it is happening today. And we need to step up and we need to take care of each other."

In addition to shining a light on biblical persecution, Downy and Burnett have started a fund, called the The Cradle Fund, to help rescue, restore, and eventually return thousands of Middle East Christians who have fled their homes to escape persecution at the hands of the ISIS terror group.

"This fund has managed to bring 72,000 Middle Eastern Christians safely through the winter," Burnett told CBN News. "You know there were 500,000 displaced. Imagine escaping being killed, crucified, in fact, but then to freeze to death in the Syrian winter, Iraqi winter."

"Because of the success of our shows, we have a spotlight that lands on us from time to time and we are just a catalyst and God is the author," Downey added. "But as the light is shining here, we thought it is an opportunity to reflect it back and to make some noise for the persecution of Christian overseas."

That noise will continue as this rare and epic television series plays out on the small screen for at least 12 episodes.

"There are lots of big, epic event series on television. But [on the Bible, there is] only 'The Bible' series and now 'A.D. The Bible Continues,'" Burnett noted. "And so, we are hoping this goes on for many years. We are not thinking of this as one year. We are already in anticipation of great ratings, scripting season two."