Este es el primer día del 2022. Al finalizar un año y comenzar uno nuevo es un bien tiempo para reflexionar en la dirección de nuestras vidas. Establecer metas es algo positivo, mas hoy Dios me muestra que lo que El nos pide va más allá de resoluciones y metas. La Biblia nos dice en Habacuc 2:2, “Y Jehová me respondió, y dijo: Escribe la visión, y declárala en tablas, para que corra el que leyere en ella.” (Reina-Valera 1960)
La Palabra visión es la palabra hebrea ḥāzônque significa “Revelación, comunicación divina. Esta palabra va más allá que un sueño o meta es la comunicación entre Dios y los hombres a través de la profecía.”[1] Aquí Habacuc nos deja saber que esa visión, aunque es de Dios requiere otros que corran con ella; en otras palabras, Dios tiene personas asignadas para ayudarnos en la realización de dicha visión. Aquí no estamos hablando de sentarse a escribir metas, sino a orar, escuchar de Dios y prestarles atención a los profetas para confirmación.
En Proverbios 29:18 Salomón nos dice “Cuando no hay profecía, el pueblo se desmanda; dichoso el que cumple la ley.” La Palabra (Hispanoamérica) La palabra “Profecía” es la misma palabra hebrea ḥāzôn.Notemos la conexión entre la profecía y la Ley (Palabra). Ese es el enfoque que todos debemos tener; en lo que la Palabra escrita nos dice que hagamos y las instrucciones especificas para nuestras vidas. Si este tipo de enfoque no es en la Palabra nos desmadejamos; esto quiere decir, comenzamos a tomar malas decisiones y a desorientarnos en nuestro camino.
En el 2022 oremos, esperemos en Dios, escuchemos la palabra profética, escribamos la visión y caminemos en ella. Si la visión (ḥāzôn) no es de Dios fracasará, mas si es de Dios, de seguro, será realizada.
[1] Warren Baker and Eugene E. Carpenter, The Complete Word Study Dictionary: Old Testament(Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2003), 325.
An independent thinker with a profound call to see the orthodoxy of the church and passion for Christ manifesting together. Angel was born in Brooklyn, New York in April of 1968, he was raised on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico where he earned his B.S. degree in Sociology with a minor in Education from the Inter American University in San Germán in 1991. That same year he moved to Jacksonville, Florida. After working construction jobs for a year and learning the English language, his first job working with foster-care children in the capacity of youth care worker was with Jacksonville Youth Sanctuary in September of 1992. With JYS he was promoted several times as group home supervisor, legal caseworker, and program director.
While in Jacksonville, Angel studied a couple of martial arts styles. After earning his black belt, he became the founder of Good Fight Ministries as he used martial arts as an instrument to preach the gospel. In 2004 Angel was selected Martial Arts Instructor of the Year for the State of Florida and in 2005 Angel was inducted in the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame where he also received the Christian Spirit Award. In July of 2005 Angel accepted his call to pastor a bilingual church in Winton, NC where he served for a couple of years. Five months later he lost his first wife to cancer in December of that same year. This initiated a deep valley of suffering in his life, a mountain of costly mistakes and the embracing of lifestyles of sin that are well documented through this blog.
In August of 2012 Angel moved to Fairbanks Alaska with his wife Rayette Casiano and six children who are now adults. In Alaska, Angel continued his social work-related career and his ministry of preaching, teaching and writing. Angel is the author of two books, Hope for the divorcee: Forgiving and Moving Forward and 7 Banderas de Esperanza: La Bendición de Yokdzonot.
In January 8th of 2020 Angel and his wife moved to Arizona. On June 8th 2021 Angel started his home church, not as a starting point, but as a closer way to how the church is suppose to look like according to Scripture.
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