“Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the
right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and
was gripped with fear.” (Luke 1:11-12)
This is the most significant event in history because in
this way God broke the long four hundred years of silence since Prophet Malachi
prophesied. Who could imagine that God broke into time and space all of sudden
in such an unexpected way, even Zechariah himself? How up-to-date is the word
of God! We are so used to paying attention to only things visible and tangible
in this world that we ignorantly and unwittingly miss the true reality, the
invisible kingdom of heaven. The long silence of no word of God doesn’t mean at
all that the heaven got lost those years. No, it has been all the time in the
midst invisibly. That’s the reality and truth. It was the due time that God
simply unveiled the curtain of heaven to visibly manifest His program in
history.
Jesus says so that no one knows the times and seasons, even
the Son Himself (Matthew 24:36). In this most unexpected way and time, God
breaks into time and space for everyone to see in public just like He did to
Abraham, Moses, King David, the Prophets, even the disciples and Paul. Throughout
the centuries, God made Himself known to the multitude of people through the
gospel of Jesus Christ the Lord. It is not that God does something randomly while
most of time taking a long sleep. No, God does not sleep. He is Spirit, working
all the time and running the whole things in the universe according to His will
and glory.
Just as God sent the angel Gabriel, breaking into time in
the first century, so one of these days our Lord Jesus Christ will appear with
the great trumpet call. “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven.
And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man
coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he will send
his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the
four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.” (Matthew 24:30-31)
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