peace to live by

What is Going on Behind the Scenes, Part 2 (TMF:2547)

Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Peace to Live By: What is Going on Behind the Scenes, Part 2 (TMF:2547) - Daniel Litton
(Tap to play feature or right-click to download)

       Notice that Herod, who was the leader of people, was evil, and acted in an evil manner, going against the church. We are so used to the government usually leaving us alone in our day and age, but not so during this period of the early church. The government at this point was against the church. If we continue we read there in Acts 12, we see Peter in prison. This obviously was not what God wanted—God didn’t want Peter in prison. It would be nice if that that fact shouldn’t have to be stated, but it can clear confusion in this area of understanding. We know that it isn’t what God wants, because what does God do? Just like we’ve seen in the past (whether in Daniel 10 in the Old Testament, or even Matthew 1 in the New, we see God intervening to bring about what he wants—and interestingly enough, what the church wanted, what believers wanted, for they had been praying for Peter (hence, the difference prayer makes in the invisible realm, and this also in Daniel 10).