I have felt the Spirit's prompting to post these commentaries before the upcoming weekend. I know better than to set dates but September is something to consider as to the upcoming Jewish feasts of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur IF indeed the unknown day and hour COULD be a veiled reference to that being the time of the Rapture and if the Tribulation starts immediately after 7 years before the Second Coming (or at least approximately).
I can't help but think of that old story of the boy who cried wolf in regard to this event. The great wolf actually (I just realized this) is coming in the form of the Antichrist and his false prophet. If we think of how long much of the world has gone since the atomic era began and the only time it was used in war in 1945 and the economy of much of the "free world" that somehow has remained afloat despite TRILLIONS in debt over generations to this point it is only the grace of God holding back complete destruction. Hence the trap that scripture speaks about; the sudden destruction of 2 Thessalonians surely is near.
In terms of the church; I would surmise that in all the lukewarmness and politically correct lingo we also are afraid to say that we are going to literally rule and reign with Christ over the earth in the Millennium. As with anything else it is our heart attitude that counts; and the Lord will reveal it. Nonetheless this reality needs to be expressed on occasion as it is our Master and Lord Christ Jesus who will rule and reign on the earth. We are part of that new government that Isaiah promises will come when Jesus rules with perfect righteousness. I will leave the name out purposely here but one rather popular charismatic preacher always likes to introduce his sermons with "everything is going down" in this world except for Christ's truths in the Word.
We however are "going up". Let us as Luke emphatically states pray always that we are worthy to escape all things to come.
I have felt the Spirit's prompting to post these commentaries before the upcoming weekend. I know better than to set dates but September is something to consider as to the upcoming Jewish feasts of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur IF indeed the unknown day and hour COULD be a veiled reference to that being the time of the Rapture and if the Tribulation starts immediately after 7 years before the Second Coming (or at least approximately).
I can't help but think of that old story of the boy who cried wolf in regard to this event. The great wolf actually (I just realized this) is coming in the form of the Antichrist and his false prophet. If we think of how long much of the world has gone since the atomic era began and the only time it was used in war in 1945 and the economy of much of the "free world" that somehow has remained afloat despite TRILLIONS in debt over generations to this point it is only the grace of God holding back complete destruction. Hence the trap that scripture speaks about; the sudden destruction of 2 Thessalonians surely is near.
In terms of the church; I would surmise that in all the lukewarmness and politically correct lingo we also are afraid to say that we are going to literally rule and reign with Christ over the earth in the Millennium. As with anything else it is our heart attitude that counts; and the Lord will reveal it. Nonetheless this reality needs to be expressed on occasion as it is our Master and Lord Christ Jesus who will rule and reign on the earth. We are part of that new government that Isaiah promises will come when Jesus rules with perfect righteousness. I will leave the name out purposely here but one rather popular charismatic preacher always likes to introduce his sermons with "everything is going down" in this world except for Christ's truths in the Word.
We however are "going up". Let us as Luke emphatically states pray always that we are worthy to escape all things to come.
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