{"id":15909,"date":"2021-05-27T14:40:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2021-rooted-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:49:56","slug":"2021-heads-up","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2021-heads-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Heads Up, Listen!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: right;\">By Jim Poelman \u2014May 26, 2021<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15911 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Messiah-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Messiah-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Messiah-1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scripture Reading \u2014 Revelation 11:15-19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah.\u201d \u2014 Revelation 11:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When our children were young, I sometimes used a \u201cheads-up\u201d call as I read a story to them. \u201cNow listen carefully to what comes next,\u201d I would say. I did this because some parts of a story are key to under\u00adstanding the whole.<\/p>\n<p>As we read the story of the \u00adseventh trumpet call, we need to pay close attention and \u00adlisten carefully. This part of God\u2019s \u00adstory is key to understanding who we are and what we are called to do in this world. As God\u2019s witnesses, we need to know that God\u2019s kingdom is advancing right now, even though it may seem at times that the world is thoroughly corrupt and controlled by the forces of evil.<\/p>\n<p>This part of God\u2019s story is shouted by \u201cloud voices in heaven\u201d and reinforced by the twenty-four elders seated around God\u2019s throne. Listen carefully to what heaven announces: \u201cThe kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We need to listen carefully because heaven\u2019s reason for rejoicing is often missed. In our everyday lives, we tend to think that God\u2019s kingdom will come someday and that Jesus, the Messiah, will then \u201creign forever and ever.\u201d But the announcement is not in the future tense. The \u00adseventh trumpet call an\u00adnounces that God\u2019s kingdom claims the kingdom of this world now. And this present reality \u00adchanges everything for all who live by faith in Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jesus, please give us ears to hear that you are King, now and forever! 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