Borne of a LOVE far beyond our scope, THE LORD *GOD* CREATED Mankind, with great reason, and purpose! HE HAS made HIMSELF KNOWN to us, and even came to DIE for us; leaving us a DETAILED PATH to study, embrace, observe, and utilize, in which case, at the forefront of all this IS HIS COMMANDMENT that we LOVE HIM with ALL our heart, mind, and soul, and then LOVE others; for LOVE IS the ANTIDOTE to what afflicts us on every side, and causes us to stumble in this very, very dark world! But to date, here we are, in a world of woes, of sorrows, of intense trouble, barely even acknowledging LOVE UNLESS it serves purpose to the self...
EVERY WORD spoken by THE LORD comes into reality; that which is full of PROMISE, and that which is full of HIS angry wrath! Make no mistake, our *GOD* will NOT be mocked, and while HE IS patient, kind, and forgiving, there IS a time slated for HIM to come, to judge the world, and to end that which is not of HIM! The NEW world will have NOTHING adverse; NOTHING negative! THE KINGDOM WILL be openly, and eternally ruled by HIS MAJESTY, THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY: never again shall corruption, evil, or anything not of HIM, and HIS WILL, exist, except below HIS feet...
I know people who PRAY for HIS return, and while I long to be home as well; HIS DAY invokes great fear within me! Some of that fear is for myself, the rest is for those who would not listen, heed, or turn to HIM! It IS a very frightening thing to understand what is to come, indeed, and I don't think we should rush it, what I think we should do is to DO the work which CHRIST JESUS assigned to us, and grab as many from the fires of destruction as is feasible!!!
Below is just a snippet of the many messages pertaining to what is coming! These ARE useful for both those who are OF HIM, and those who are dragging their feet, or have denied HIM! ALL WILL witness HIS arrival; ALL SHALL bow before HIM; ALL WILL KNOW once, and for all, HE IS THE ONLY *GOD* in existence, and HE SHALL RULE FOREVER and more!!!
AMOS 5: 18-20...
18+++Alas, you who are longing for the day of the LORD,
For what purpose will the day of the LORD be to you?
It will be darkness and not light;
19+++As when a man flees from a lion
And a bear meets him,
Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall
And a snake bites him.
20+++Will not the day of the LORD be darkness instead of light,
Even gloom with no brightness in it?
Woe unto those that desire the day of the Lord's judgments, that wish for times of war and confusion; as some who long for changes, hoping to rise upon the ruins of their country! but this should be so great a desolation, that nobody could gain by it.
The day of the Lord will be a dark, dismal, gloomy day to all impenitent sinners. When God makes a day dark, all the world cannot make it light. Those who are not reformed by the judgments of God, will be pursued by them; if they escape one, another stands ready to seize them. A pretense of piety is double iniquity, and so it will be found. The people of Israel copied the crimes of their forefathers.
The law of worshiping the Lord our God, is, Him only we must serve. Professors thrive so little, because they have little or no communion with God in their duties. They were led captive by Satan into idolatry, therefore God caused them to go into captivity among idolaters.
1+++The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2+++A jealous and avenging God is the LORD;
The LORD is avenging and wrathful.
The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies.
3+++The LORD is slow to anger and great in power,
And the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In whirlwind and storm is His way,
And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
4+++He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
He dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel wither;
The blossoms of Lebanon wither.
5+++Mountains quake because of Him
And the hills dissolve;
Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence,
The world and all the inhabitants in it.
6+++Who can stand before His indignation?
Who can endure the burning of His anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire
And the rocks are broken up by Him.
7+++The LORD is good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble,
And He knows those who take refuge in Him.
8+++But with an overflowing flood
He will make a complete end of its site,
And will pursue His enemies into darkness.
9+++Whatever you devise against the LORD,
He will make a complete end of it.
Distress will not rise up twice.
10+++Like tangled thorns,
And like those who are drunken with their drink,
They are consumed
As stubble completely withered.
11+++From you has gone forth
One who plotted evil against the LORD,
A wicked counselor.
12+++Thus says the LORD,
“Though they are at full strength and likewise many,
Even so, they will be cut off and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no longer.
13+++“So now, I will break his yoke bar from upon you,
And I will tear off your shackles.”
14+++The LORD has issued a command concerning you:
“Your name will no longer be perpetuated.
I will cut off idol and image
From the house of your gods.
I will prepare your grave,
For you are contemptible.”
15+++Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news,
Who announces peace!
Celebrate your feasts, O Judah;
Pay your vows.
For never again will the wicked one pass through you;
He is cut off completely.
About a hundred years before, at Jonah's preaching, the Ninevites repented, and were spared, yet, soon after, they became worse than ever. Nineveh knows not that God who contends with her, but is told what a God he is.
It is good for all to mix faith with what is here said concerning Him, which speaks great terror to the wicked, and comfort to believers. Let each take his portion from it: let sinners read it and tremble; and let saints read it and triumph. The anger of the Lord is contrasted with his goodness to his people. Perhaps they are obscure and little regarded in the world, but the Lord knows them. The Scripture character of Jehovah agrees not with the views of proud reasoners. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is slow to wrath and ready to forgive, but he will by no means acquit the wicked; and there is tribulation and anguish for every soul that doeth evil: but who duly regards the power of his wrath?
There is a great deal plotted against the Lord by the gates of hell, and against his kingdom in the world; but it will prove in vain. With some sinners God makes quick dispatch; and one way or other, he will make an utter end of all his enemies. Though they are quiet, and many very secure, and not in fear, they shall be cut down as grass and corn, when the destroying angel passes through. God would hereby work great deliverance for his own people. But those who make themselves vile by scandalous sins, God will make vile by shameful punishments.
The tidings of this great deliverance shall be welcomed with abundant joy. These words are applied to the great redemption wrought out by our Lord Jesus and the everlasting gospel, Ro 10:15. Christ's ministers are messengers of good tidings, that preach peace by Jesus Christ. How welcome to those who see their misery and danger by sin! And the promise they made in the day of trouble must be made good. Let us be thankful for God's ordinances, and gladly attend them. Let us look forward with cheerful hope to a world where the wicked never can enter, and sin and temptation will no more be known.
In HIS GREAT LOVE, as long as we have this day, there IS TIME to TURN TO THE LORD *GOD*! HE has NO desire to see the loss of souls!, but as it is, no one has an excuse because HIS WILL HAS been made plain to us, as HAVE HIS BLESSINGS, and HIS CURSES!!!
EZEKIEL 33: 10-16...
10+++“Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus you have spoken, saying, “Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we survive?”’
11+++“Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’
12+++“And you, son of man, say to your fellow citizens, ‘The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will not be able to live by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.’
13+++“When I say to the righteous he will surely live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but in that same iniquity of his which he has committed he will die.
14+++“But when I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness,
15+++if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes which ensure life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
16+++“None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he shall surely live.
HOSEA 10: 12...
Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD Until He comes to rain righteousness on you.
JOEL 2: 12...
“Even now,” declares the Lord,
“return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
Let us aim to understand, and to enjoin with LIFE which HE IS offering so graciously in HIS MERCIFUL LOVE! Let us PRAY, PRAY, and PRAY, and let us take our place AS HIS HEIRS, and CO-PARTNERS in the battle for souls! Let us PRAISE HIM ALWAYS, WORSHIP HIS HOLINESS, and REJOICE that HIS LOVE IS SO STRONG, it cares for us night, and day, and LEADS us past ourselves, and this world, IF only our heart IS IN HIM!!!
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