What time is it?  Not on your clock, but on God’s?  No one really knows exactly.  If they claim to, they contradict the Bible, which clearly states otherwise.  But God has given us certain signs that point to the fact that it is very late on God’s prophetic clock.

Isaiah 66:8 (NIV)
Who has ever heard of such a thing?
Who has ever seen such things?
Can a country be born in a day
or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor
than she gives birth to her children.

Can a nation be born in a day?  The answer is “yes”.  May 14, 1948 to be precise.  This was the day that against all odds, the nation of Israel was reconstituted.  This is a prophetic “super sign” as the Bible foretells that Israel will have a key role to play in the events of the end times.  So, what time is it?  I don’t know for sure, but I do believe it is later than most of us believe.  That should inspire us to live each day with a sense of sober urgency.

Here is the rest of today’s Bible reading:  Isaiah 66:1-24; Philippians 3:4b-4:1;
Psalm 74:1-23; Proverbs 24:15-16.