The LORD is redeeming everything and has been since the reassurection and ascension of Jesus the Christ. Because our God is a Redeemer of all things, we must repent (change the way we think) for the kingdom of God is at hand. Our unwillingness to repent (change the way we think) is resisting what God is doing in the earth right now today. Repentance was not about behavior, but about our thinking patterns. 

In the days of Jesus they were programmed to think one way and Jesus came along, as did John the Baptist, and they both said, Repent, (change the way you think) for the kingdom of God is at hand. John questioned the Pharisees coming to be baptized by him, because he knew they were not going to change the way they think. 

Jesus said to the same leaders, you refuse to enter the kingdom of God and you hinder others from entering. This was the inditement Jesus had against them. They proved both John and Jesus’ claims about them, when they had him crucified, because they refused to repent (change the way they think) even though the kingdom of God was at hand. 

The Lord spoke to me clearly last night about being provoked to jealousy. The saying is unique, because common sense says, why would you provoke someone to jealousy? We don’t understand because we don’t know what jealousy means biblically. This means we have to change the way we think. 

Jealousy means to emulate not separate. When Joseph wore the coat of many colors, his brothers were provoked but not to emulate Joseph but to separate from Joseph. Cain was jealous of Abel’s offering and instead of being provoked to emulate, he was provoked to separate and killed him. 

Paul in Romans 11:11-14 says, God is going to use the Gentiles to provoke the Jews to jealousy. This was not a call to seperation but to emulation. The Jews were to emulate the acceptance of Christ as seen by the Gentiles. 

Friends we must repent (change the way we think) for the kingdom of God is at hand. Jealousy is not to separate you from people but to get you to emulate them. If they have what you want, emulate what they do and who they are, don’t separate from them, for God put them in your life for your uplifting not downgrading. http://www.apostolicresourcecenter.org