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Amos 8:11 |
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Final Judgment Furious and frustrated over his blazingly imminent end, Satan is gearing up for a monumental, last-ditch effort to capture the souls of men and women. Satan is an adversary who wishes to harm us by denying God exists and/or attacking His character. Raging psychopath, liar and mass murderer that he is, Lucifer's mind is consumed with his mad ambition to take as many captives as possible with him into the dark pit. When we flagrantly disobey the rules God established for our protection and well-being, we play into the hands of the adversary. For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. [Matthew 24:21] The organized
church has tended to ignore scriptural revelation of the specifics of the Great
Tribulation. The Signs Are
All Around Us But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Godhaving a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. [2 Timothy 3:1-5] There are many people in this
world who believe they are following God - they go to church on Sunday and are
going through the motions of their faith. Yet, they have permitted a moral rot
to infect this world and will be largely responsible for bringing us to the
threshold of judgment. They are those "having a form of godliness but denying
its power." A Time of Distress Like No Other
Mankind has suffered tribulation throughout the ages but here is distinguished a future tribulation unlike any we have experienced. It is a seven year period that comprises Daniel's 70th week ending with the second coming of Christ and the setting up of the Millennial Kingdom. Our Lord told us not to be troubled, because these are only the beginning of "birth pains" [Matt. 24:8]. I believe that God is warning the world. The world has broken His covenant and has gone away from Him and these events are warnings designed to turn us to Him. And what we have seen thus far is just a prelude. The warnings are going to continue during the next few years, even building in intensity. After these warnings, the real judgment is going to come. "So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand-- then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time. "So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. - Matthew 24:15-28 |
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