We have heard the phrase, “in the shadow”. When something or someone is in the shadow of something else, that means the person or thing is blocking our ability to see the sun, so it is casting a shadow. When we live in the shadow we cannot see the sun, only the shadow.

Babylon is a system of government that has cast a shadow and blocked many people’s ability to see the Son. The Son has been building a kingdom that cannot be shaken since He rose from the dead. This kingdom has been in the shadow of Babylon and its ruling system. This is why many can’t see the kingdom, because Babylon is blocking the Son.

However, the Son does not stop shining, does not stop building, does not stop advancing, just because Babylon and its system has blocked its view. It continues to be built in the shadow. Noah built an ark in the shadow of a wicked system during his day. He did not stop building just because it was in the shadow.

Jesus walked the earth in the shadow of a larger than life religious system of control. He did not cease to build people, display miracles, and defy the system, just because He was walking in the shadow of a Roman governmental system.

Building does not stop just because it is being built in the shadow of an existing system. Psalm 37:38 says, “Hope in the LORD and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.” When the structure creating the shadow is removed, you will see clearly what was being built.

Hope is confident expectation. Hope keeps us building even in the shadow, when others can’t see what is being built. The wicked systems are being destroyed, Babylon is falling, and when the larger than life system falls, all will see the kingdom that has been continually being built. They saw the ark in Noah’s day, they saw the miracles in Jesus’ day and they will see the kingdom on earth in our day. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org