Appointed Times
From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. — Acts 17:26 Gracious Lord Jesus, my friend and my King, In the Apostle Paul's message in the meeting of the Areopagus, he is proclaiming who God is. He has found an altar with the inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD and he is set on proclaiming who this God is. In the middle of his message, he makes this statement, " and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands." All the nations that you have made have their appointed times in history. You have marked that out since the beginning. You know when a nation will rise. You know when a nation will fall. You know the boundaries you have set for them. How those boundaries will expand or how they will contract. And if you know this for a nation, I suspect you know the appointed times in history for each person within that nation. Th...