North Korea issues state of emergency for month of June and it's bad.
https://backtojerusalem.com/north-korea-issues-state-of-emergency/
“the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory”
The mystery of God that was hidden for ages, God’s means of sharing His glory and riches with those He made in His image and likeness, overcoming the separation of sin and death, is “Christ in you.” The prophets of the Old Testament had seen shadows of what was to come in Christ. Jesus told His disciples with regard to the Helper, the Spirit of truth: “You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you” (John 14:17). In Christ, our spirits are made alive, directly connected to God through the indwelling Holy Spirit; “we have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16); and “we are members of His body, His flesh, and of His bones” (Ephesians 5:30).
My post today on www.jason.church is about how directly after his conversion the Apostle Paul started preaching the faith he once tried to destroy (also @tanjaostman I made it to London tonight …)
I would like to see lay people from local churches come together more across denominational bounds to serve God in teams. If you have time, see what I have drafted up at www.teams.church (my last stab at this was about 14 months ago) and let me know if you have any feedback (is it clear? What can be improved?)
From Romans 15: ‘...and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation, but as it is written, “Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand.” This is the reason why I have so often been hindered from coming to you.’
In the passage quoted by Paul in, the prophet Isaiah foretold that the news of Jesus’ atonement for them would startle the nations when this message was brought to them. Jesus told his followers to fulfill Scripture: to make disciples of those in the nations that had not yet heard the message (Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 1:8). The Spirit directed Paul to do just that, leading him in where he was to go next, thereby hindering him from coming to Rome where the church was already being built by another. Paul recognized that the Spirit was leading him into areas of the unreached... Reaching the unreached is God’s priority. Is it ours?
My church-related writings are available at www.jason.church. I recently posted a new book 📕 on Christ in the Apostle Paul at www.jason.church.