A kairos prophetic time

A KAIROS PROPHETIC TIME
Acts 17:26 ‘And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times (kairos) and the boundaries of their dwellings, 27so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might search for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; For in him we live and move and have our being, for we are his offspring…For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.”

There are two words used for time in the Scriptures. One is chronos and the other is kairos. Chronos refers to the measured space of time that exists as a background clock time for everything that ever happens to us.
Kairos means the times of ultimate destiny for mankind and the world (eschatological time). Kairos is a prophetic passage of time that may last for a short or a long period of clock time.
Relative to the big plan of our lives they are really made up of a sequence of ‘kairos passages of time’ of God ordained events that have meaning and purpose for us as in the above verse (and has determined their pre-appointed times (kairos) and the boundaries of their dwellings).
We are currently living in a Kairos prophetic time in the global experience of the corona virus pandemic. Even though that has brought calamity and confusion to the entire planet, we are also in a prophetic Kairos time that is bringing the redeeming power of God to all nations.
The Bible speaks to us today of our Kairos prophetic moment in history.
Ephesians 5:16 ‘redeeming the time (kairos), because the days are evil.’

We are living in an ‘experience of ‘redeeming the time (Kairos) because the days are evil’. When the Scripture says ‘because the days are evil - ponerous’ it means that ‘The disorder of the time or the kairos in which we live is calamitous and morally culpable (humanity’ is greatly at fault for so much of what is going on – Corona – yes even the viral infection ). We can discern the nature of the evil of kairos time by the confusion and perplexity that we are experiencing because of the chaos and disorder of certain events of nature and human conflict. We are seeing this disorder and human conflict coming to pass

Redeeming the time means we can get back the will and purpose of God that has been lost or wasted so we can convert the challenge of this NOW passage of kairos time back into a powerful experience of the will and purpose of God. AS the Scripture I first read said regarding God’s pre-appointed times vs.27 so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might search for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; For in him we live and move and have our being ….We find him in a new way and we find one another in a new way –
There is one particular disorder of human conflict we are facing in this Kairos time…the racial tension that is being inflamed by the hurts that have been carried out in many nations by one race upon another. Man’s attempts to remedy this hurt by restructuring human systems and institutions are passionately sincere and emotionally confusing and not really effective.
The first thing to be understood also comes from that opening Scripture that said we are all of one blood. That has to be seen as a Kairos reality of God’s will and purpose for all of us as his offspring in the earth
Clock time history has struggle with this racial conflict since the Tower of Babel when the nations were dispersed and separated and their languages were confused. It took the Kairos moment of Pentecost to bring all nations together when the spiritual Body of Christ stood up on the earth and people of different nationalities heard of the mighty works of God being proclaimed ALL IN THEIR OWN TONGUES by the apostles in their new heavenly language of the Spirit. Kairos time had now become Holy Spirit in us time, and this Kairos truth can only be fully realized by the New Covenant reality spoken of by Paul in Galatians 3 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise… We can be not only of one blood but of one Spirit.

There are other Kairos prophetic passages of time Scriptures that show us what we can expect in this current Kairos time.

As we realize the prophetic warnings of shakings are occurring upon the earth we will also realize that The Holy Spirit is bringing about the hearts of people turning to The Lord. The Bible says that these things will bring about the times (Kairos) of refreshing from the presence of the Lord (Acts 3:19 Now receive a change of heart and mind and have your past sins wiped out and turn to God. Then times (Kairos) of refreshing will come from the presence of the Lord).

When the whole world is in a place of calamity and fear and conflict and confusion (IE the days are Evil) there will be one of two outcomes for people because many will stand at the crossroads. Their anxiety and confusion and fear will get worse or they will rise up and trust in God. No one can stay the same in those times. This is part of redeeming the Kairos. I have observed some people letting anger and confusion leave them in distress and I have observed others allowing faith and hope to move them into rest.

An Old Testament story that shows this is found in First Book of Kings ch.18. After Israel had suffered three and a half years of punishing drought through years of turning away from God to worship idols Elijah confronted them and called upon God to bring rain. Israel watched while the priests of Baal went through desperate wailing and slashing of themselves with knives to get their idols to answer their prayer for rain. Elijah said to Israel don’t halt between two opinions, If The Lord be God follow him and if Baal (the world ) then follow him. God heard Elijah’s prayer and sent the rain and a Nation turned to God.

Overcoming and growing through the suffering of mind and soul in trials of faith is a Kairos experience. The Bible says that through the times (Kairos) of sufferings in times of crisis he gives a special grace that restores and settles our soul and matures us into full growth.
When we set ourselves to diligently wait upon the Lord we can expect to experience God’s presence with us. We are not locked into the disordered tyranny of clock time, we are living in an eternal space of Kairos time where God activity happens more dramatically than the drama of disordered human emotion. The more darkness we see the more light we experience. We get from stress and rush to stillness and trust. That’s the bridge of faith.
1Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, after you have suffered for a little while (kairos) will restore and establish and mature you to full growth, ready for anything…’

Assurance that we can outlast the attacks of the enemy
Luke 4:13 ‘And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time. (kairos)’
Jesus endured through spiritual warfare knowing that he (as would we) outlast the devil because he has limited ‘chronos’ within God’s ‘kairos’ and cannot out-endure us if we hang in with Jesus and trust him to see us through. Satan can only operate for a limited kairos because he does not have eternal life – we do

A powerful kind of prayer life can redeem or re-order the disorder we see about us. It is form of Kairos prayer – praying inn the Spirit with the kind of faith and hope that assures you that you are partners with Jesus and The Holy Spirit in their intercession for the will of God to be done within and beyond your world – what is happening in your life and circumstance and those you pray for.
Ephesians 6:18 Praying in the Spirit at all times (Kairos) and on every occasion, staying alert and persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.
There are certain faith filled prayers that are not about long clock time sittings and gatherings which are effective for the prayer of being in one accord. A few seconds or minutes, or more, of a Kairos time of prayer is even more spiritually explosive. We can be exercised in this at any time anywhere, doing anything. Thank you Lord for this grace upon our lives.