4Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ, and will deceive many. 6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains.
9"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
As Lindsey gets prepared for the birthing process we are brought to the idea of truthfully what it will look like for the earth to give birth to Jesus' Millennial Kingdom. As the western church we shy away from anything that brings pain but pain is required in birth for the body to be ready and for the new creation to be birthed! I love how in everything on this earth God points back to himself. How can people deny that He exists?
One thing that struck our attention was that researchers have found that the baby actually initiates the birthing process and tells the body when it is time to give birth. I will let you draw the conclusions.
Intro is going well and our new interns are amazing! Keep praying that God would restore them body, soul, and spirit.
