“WHEN I HAVE A CONVENIENT SEASON…”
Around the year 57 A.D., the Apostle Paul determined to go to Jerusalem. He knew he would be arrested by the Jews, imprisoned, and possibly put to death as a result of that decision. He knew this in his spirit, but also because a prophet by the name of Agabus had foretold it. In Acts, chapter twenty-one, we read, “And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles . And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus .” (Acts 21:10-13). Paul did indeed proceed to Jerusalem where