Why isn't this a sign of the times?

[Daniel Martinovich]

A prophesy of the messiah's invisible kingdom that has been coming to pass before our eyes. Of course you have to measure its coming to pass in centuries not years or decades.

Psalm 72:Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son. 2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. (The mountains and hills are illustrations of nations bringing peace to Gods people because they are influenced by righteousness.) 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. (The free world, that didn't even exist back then is growing and the despotic oppressive world has been shrinking.) 5 They shall fear you as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. ( Back then one nation with a few million people feared the Lord. Today there have been dozens and 100's of millions of people.) 6 He shall come down like rain on the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. (Illustrating the Word and the Holy Spirit being poured out on the whole earth.) 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endures. (The righteous, the believers have been flourishing in the free world which is growing.) 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. (The influence of his invisible kingdom has been growing.) 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him ,(Illustrating the area's of the world not yet influenced by his invisible kingdom, or backsliden) ; and his enemies shall lick the dust. (The end of all of those who have opposed and tried to stop the growth of the invisible of his kingdom, all have failed.) 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. (Showing the progressive nature of the growth of his kingdom. First kings and kingdoms bowed before him. Then later nations when there were no kings.) 12 For he shall deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him that has no helper. (The fruit of his influence on earth.) 13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. (Showing that in the age of promise, our age. The poor and needy would be oppressed and murdered in despotic nations ruled by the wicked. God sees it, he takes note of it. He aims to end the bloodshed and oppression. First by setting them free from it spiritually , then later, when the circumstances are right, literally.) 15 And he shall live, (Jesus lives, he is risen from the dead.) and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: (Hundreds of millions give to him) prayer also shall be made for him continually; (millions pray daily for him, that his cause in the earth would be fulfilled.) and daily shall he be praised. (hundreds of millions praise him daily in song and worship.) 16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth on the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. ( A prophecy of the Word as a seed in the earth given to the prophets and apostles who were only a few. That the fruit of that would be his people, the New Jerusalem would flourish in free nations that have been influenced by Biblical principle and Gods invisible kingdom.) 17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. (Illustrating that it is the King who would be praised and worshiped and not his kingdom.) 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only does wondrous things. (David could see God's invisible kingdom was the source, the foundation, the reason for Ancient Israel existence and glory. The ignorant and the wicked cannot and think the glory of a nation influenced by God is of their own doing.) 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; (David prays for the cause of Christ in the earth to be fulfilled.) Amen, and Amen. 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

 

[Daniel Martinovich]

Here is another chapter. Wondering why this chapter is not a sign of the times either.
Prophecies of the Messiah's invisible Kingdom.
Coming to pass before our eyes.

Isaiah 61: 1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
Jesus spoke this of himself bringing the good news to whoever would receive it. But was it just the good news about going to heaven? The later part of the verse answers that.
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
In Jesus day half the world's population were the property of others. Here he announces a day when legal slavery would end.
and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Prisons, dungeons, labor and death camps for political prisoners of the wicked who ruled in perpetuity was the way of life on earth. So his good news message reached out way beyond the hope of heaven for believers.
2 To proclaim the year of the Lords favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
This prophecy of the Messiahs invisible kingdom starts in ancient Israel with the time of his favor to those who morn over the wickedness all around them; and the day of his vengeance upon the wicked in the nation. That even though the nation will be destroyed because of wickedness. He will bring those who mourn salvation, the Holy Spirit, the joy of the Lord, righteousness' in their hearts and will plant them in the earth for his glory.
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
Prophesying how believers, their influence, will build civilizations. As opposed to those who destroy them.
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Prophesying how people of all nations, as opposed to just Israelite's will be shepherds, pastors, evangelists, prophets in the Lord's vineyard in the earth.
6 Furthermore, you shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: (The ministry of the believer.) you shall eat the riches of the nations, (that ministry, eventually accepted and supported in the nations.) and in their glory shall you boast yourselves. (Meaning the glory, or the state of existence of civilizations based in Biblical principle as a result of the Messiahs invisible Kingdom will be the believers boast. )
7 For your shame you shall have double; and for confusion and reproach, they shall rejoice in their portion: Therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be to them.
What this is prophesying is that for the persecution, oppression and murder the saints face in lands where ever the Gospel is first preached. Due to the influence of the Messiah's invisible kingdom eventually creating the free world. The saints, at that time will be blessed, prosperous, and flourishing; in a way the world had never known.
8 For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. This is speaking of the hatred of God towards the pseudo religious substitution of rites and rituals as opposed to true conversion from the heart. That the true work of the messiah was to bring justice in the earth as the fruit of real conversion. That this is Gods covenant with the believer. That he would bring about this age of promise where justice and righteousness would be a prevalent force in the earth.
9 And their descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the posterity which the LORD has blessed.
Speaking of those who are the posterity of the prophets and apostles. Those influenced by their words which started happening in earnest about 500 years ago when the Bible began to get into the hands of the general public.
10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth brings forth her bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Teaching that the Lord will cause this transformation to act as almost a force of nature in the world. That we should participate and rejoice in it as a product of our salvation and as the bride of Christ.