Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Monday, March 9, 2020
Are We There Yet?
We are on the road to Christ's return.
As I fold sheets and towels in the quiet of the backroom at the Hotel late at night I listen to people like John Haller and JD Farag, Jan Markell and her guests, and Gary Stearman and his guests. I get about five or six perspectives on current events in light of Bible prophecy.
(I listen to my TED talks too, and podcasts for my masters classes. I'm more interested in Bible prophecy, so I gravitate toward that as my mind gets weary toward the end of the day...)
I hear these watchmen talk about the signs of our times and how they compare with Jesus' warnings about the end times. I've been watching for years and years, since I was a child! I know what to watch for, and I can assure you that we are definitely seeing SIGNS.
The Bible is a supernatural book. It was written by the God who created communication. To see a book written over thousands of years carry a master plot line can only mean miraculous. The Bible is a master work of the Master.
It is complete, and it is enough. It is sufficient. We need no other text: the Old Testament lays the foundation and the New Testament witnesses the fulfillment.
God loves us, He has a master plan.
I encourage you to spend hours daily in the Word. You won't regret it. Few people do spend that amount of time in the Word, but if you could...
Jesus is coming. He's coming in the air to take His own, then He is coming to earth to reign for 1,000 years with us, his followers. That is all in Scripture.
There will be some terrible times ahead before He reigns on earth. God's wrath is coming against the rebellion that is on the earth.
Satan's kingdom will take a hit.
We are not appointed unto wrath. This is a great and hopeful promise. Persecution and trial, yes, but not wrath. The Church, the family of Christ, has been persecuted for 2,000 years. Some have calculated that the 20th and 21st centuries saw more persecution of Christians than any other time in history---even over the Inquisition and the time of Nero.
I believe it. I sit in my warm and cozy little Minnesota home and I don't even want to imagine the horrors of Boko Haram and China. I want to believe in my Victorian ideas and sweet kindness of Christian Brotherhood.
It's true that I have a delightful situation, and I THANK GOD FOR IT!
I am completely aware of the blessing. I am completely aware that God rewards those who are persecuted for His name's sake, too. That's a blessing I'll probably not experience (and, honestly, I don't want to.) Jesus prayed that the cup (of His death) pass from Him. He bravely faced the cross. Still, He did pray for a consideration of a way out. I too pray for God's mercy, but I know His grace is sufficient.
As we face a form of the prophesied pestilence in the form of the Wuhan virus we know that whatever happens we TRUST the God of the Universe, Creator and Sustainer. He is enough, and always will be. Our tremendous hope and strength is there for us through all trouble.
I believe this virus is only a precursor to far more deadly plagues. This one is deadly, but there are things to come that wipe out large portions of the earth's population.
Can you see God's hand in this? Can you see that He is bringing His plot to its climax? He is still orchestrating His story. History.
Are you ready?
Death is permanent. Once your body is in the grave you are fixed in an eternal state. It is appointed unto men once to die and after that THE JUDGMENT.
Be covered in the blood of the Lamb. You don't deserve it, no one does, but it is the free gift for those who believe. Repent from your sin (as Jesus commands) and follow Him.
Can God be more explicit in showing His Word to be Truth? The signs are happening, with greater frequency. Start studying Bible prophecy! It's not scary, it's hope-giving! When these things happen LOOK UP! Your redemption draws nigh!
We are truly almost there.
As I fold sheets and towels in the quiet of the backroom at the Hotel late at night I listen to people like John Haller and JD Farag, Jan Markell and her guests, and Gary Stearman and his guests. I get about five or six perspectives on current events in light of Bible prophecy.
(I listen to my TED talks too, and podcasts for my masters classes. I'm more interested in Bible prophecy, so I gravitate toward that as my mind gets weary toward the end of the day...)
I hear these watchmen talk about the signs of our times and how they compare with Jesus' warnings about the end times. I've been watching for years and years, since I was a child! I know what to watch for, and I can assure you that we are definitely seeing SIGNS.
The Bible is a supernatural book. It was written by the God who created communication. To see a book written over thousands of years carry a master plot line can only mean miraculous. The Bible is a master work of the Master.
It is complete, and it is enough. It is sufficient. We need no other text: the Old Testament lays the foundation and the New Testament witnesses the fulfillment.
God loves us, He has a master plan.
I encourage you to spend hours daily in the Word. You won't regret it. Few people do spend that amount of time in the Word, but if you could...
Jesus is coming. He's coming in the air to take His own, then He is coming to earth to reign for 1,000 years with us, his followers. That is all in Scripture.
There will be some terrible times ahead before He reigns on earth. God's wrath is coming against the rebellion that is on the earth.
Satan's kingdom will take a hit.
We are not appointed unto wrath. This is a great and hopeful promise. Persecution and trial, yes, but not wrath. The Church, the family of Christ, has been persecuted for 2,000 years. Some have calculated that the 20th and 21st centuries saw more persecution of Christians than any other time in history---even over the Inquisition and the time of Nero.
I believe it. I sit in my warm and cozy little Minnesota home and I don't even want to imagine the horrors of Boko Haram and China. I want to believe in my Victorian ideas and sweet kindness of Christian Brotherhood.
It's true that I have a delightful situation, and I THANK GOD FOR IT!
I am completely aware of the blessing. I am completely aware that God rewards those who are persecuted for His name's sake, too. That's a blessing I'll probably not experience (and, honestly, I don't want to.) Jesus prayed that the cup (of His death) pass from Him. He bravely faced the cross. Still, He did pray for a consideration of a way out. I too pray for God's mercy, but I know His grace is sufficient.
As we face a form of the prophesied pestilence in the form of the Wuhan virus we know that whatever happens we TRUST the God of the Universe, Creator and Sustainer. He is enough, and always will be. Our tremendous hope and strength is there for us through all trouble.
I believe this virus is only a precursor to far more deadly plagues. This one is deadly, but there are things to come that wipe out large portions of the earth's population.
Can you see God's hand in this? Can you see that He is bringing His plot to its climax? He is still orchestrating His story. History.
Are you ready?
Death is permanent. Once your body is in the grave you are fixed in an eternal state. It is appointed unto men once to die and after that THE JUDGMENT.
Be covered in the blood of the Lamb. You don't deserve it, no one does, but it is the free gift for those who believe. Repent from your sin (as Jesus commands) and follow Him.
Can God be more explicit in showing His Word to be Truth? The signs are happening, with greater frequency. Start studying Bible prophecy! It's not scary, it's hope-giving! When these things happen LOOK UP! Your redemption draws nigh!
We are truly almost there.
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Monday, March 2, 2020
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Sunday Thoughts
I have still to do my paper due tonight. Mental blockage today....cost and benefit analysis is just a little dry when the world needs Jesus....
I know that my blog is a "broken record" of saying over and over again "you need Jesus" but I try to say it in different ways, as I know there are too many people who are searching for truth in all the wrong places.
I was at the nursing home this morning. Our preacher, Dennis, talked about heaven. We sang old hymns about heaven, and a lovely young girl sang "Give Me Jesus." She had sung it for her school choral contest.
What a blessing.
As we left the nursing home I had the macabre thought that this Coronavirus could easily affect those dear old tired faces I see every month. Heaven is truly their only hope. They are not leaving the nursing home. Dennis and I commiserated about how the New Age is infiltrating the church. PEOPLE ARE SO BLIND! They are too frightened to call it out!
There is an urgency to our telling. This next generation simply does not know about Jesus! They have all of these strange ideas about esoteric experiences, social justice, and new age contamination. It's in the church.
Those that have escaped from the New Age are sounding the alarm! Look up Doreen Virtue's new stuff. She's been born again. She has such a testimony! Look up Steven Bancarz too. What a story!
I know it is irritating to constantly be on the watch, constantly evaluating every thought and idea!
We get worn down, and the devil knows this. He is deceiving us constantly!
Unless you know your Bible backwards and forwards and can counter parry each serpentine thought that comes your way you may be already in the clutches of a deception.
I know I've been.
It is important to know good doctrine.
It's important to realize that Jesus isn't some eastern mystic (like many of the current thought police suggest!) Jesus on earth was a Jewish Rabbi. Now he is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, seated at the right hand of the Almighty Father.
So paternalistic!! Yes. Stop trying to redefine God.
Read your Bible (I like the KJV ) and learn of Him. I'm reading the Bible in Spanish right now. It says the same thing my English ones do.
Time is short. Seventy years is a blink of the eye in light of our world history. Israel became a nation again in 1948. Jesus is coming back to rule SOON.
Look around, dear ones. Stand in the truth. It hurts, no question. It is hard to go against the grain of the world, perhaps now more than ever. It seems we are at war even within our churches.
Check out Russ Dizdar. He has some alarming information about psychological warfare within the church. It's time to be watchful, to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Are you in the ark of salvation, sure that you stand on the promises of Christ in the Bible?
It's easier to be nice and stay ignorant. That's for sure!
The road to destruction starts with ignorance.
You WILL be rejected for telling the truth. I've been.
I won't argue that it is easy. It hurts terribly! But some things are just so much more important. You must let people know Biblical truth.
Follow Jesus, and make sure it's really JESUS and not some spirit claiming to be Him!
Check out Johanna Michaelson's book "The Beautiful Side of Evil." Your eyes will be opened. My friend Elaine says "DON'T READ IT AT NIGHT!"
I think I did, but yes, it is a picture of a false Jesus and how well he deceived a young follower. MUST READING.
Wake up, dear one. Be filled with the Holy Spirit, born again. Follow the One who truly loves you.
I know that my blog is a "broken record" of saying over and over again "you need Jesus" but I try to say it in different ways, as I know there are too many people who are searching for truth in all the wrong places.
I was at the nursing home this morning. Our preacher, Dennis, talked about heaven. We sang old hymns about heaven, and a lovely young girl sang "Give Me Jesus." She had sung it for her school choral contest.
What a blessing.
As we left the nursing home I had the macabre thought that this Coronavirus could easily affect those dear old tired faces I see every month. Heaven is truly their only hope. They are not leaving the nursing home. Dennis and I commiserated about how the New Age is infiltrating the church. PEOPLE ARE SO BLIND! They are too frightened to call it out!
There is an urgency to our telling. This next generation simply does not know about Jesus! They have all of these strange ideas about esoteric experiences, social justice, and new age contamination. It's in the church.
Those that have escaped from the New Age are sounding the alarm! Look up Doreen Virtue's new stuff. She's been born again. She has such a testimony! Look up Steven Bancarz too. What a story!
I know it is irritating to constantly be on the watch, constantly evaluating every thought and idea!
We get worn down, and the devil knows this. He is deceiving us constantly!
Unless you know your Bible backwards and forwards and can counter parry each serpentine thought that comes your way you may be already in the clutches of a deception.
I know I've been.
It is important to know good doctrine.
It's important to realize that Jesus isn't some eastern mystic (like many of the current thought police suggest!) Jesus on earth was a Jewish Rabbi. Now he is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, seated at the right hand of the Almighty Father.
So paternalistic!! Yes. Stop trying to redefine God.
Read your Bible (I like the KJV ) and learn of Him. I'm reading the Bible in Spanish right now. It says the same thing my English ones do.
Time is short. Seventy years is a blink of the eye in light of our world history. Israel became a nation again in 1948. Jesus is coming back to rule SOON.
Look around, dear ones. Stand in the truth. It hurts, no question. It is hard to go against the grain of the world, perhaps now more than ever. It seems we are at war even within our churches.
Check out Russ Dizdar. He has some alarming information about psychological warfare within the church. It's time to be watchful, to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Are you in the ark of salvation, sure that you stand on the promises of Christ in the Bible?
It's easier to be nice and stay ignorant. That's for sure!
The road to destruction starts with ignorance.
You WILL be rejected for telling the truth. I've been.
I won't argue that it is easy. It hurts terribly! But some things are just so much more important. You must let people know Biblical truth.
Follow Jesus, and make sure it's really JESUS and not some spirit claiming to be Him!
Check out Johanna Michaelson's book "The Beautiful Side of Evil." Your eyes will be opened. My friend Elaine says "DON'T READ IT AT NIGHT!"
I think I did, but yes, it is a picture of a false Jesus and how well he deceived a young follower. MUST READING.
Wake up, dear one. Be filled with the Holy Spirit, born again. Follow the One who truly loves you.
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