With what you see happening around us, doesn't it make you feel our world and its leaders have lost their collective mind? You never know when you sit down somewhere,
Rejoice? In What?
Rejoice in the day which the LORD hath made! [KJV] ~ Psalms 118:24: [Or, as the Good News Bible translators believe the original Hebrew conveyed:] . . ."This is the day of יהוה's victory; let us be happy." ~ Just like Lot [and Noah], then, let us celebrate [rejoice in the day of the LORD]! (Luke 17:28-30) Do we lack faith like Lot's wife; or, do we have faith to preserve ourselves alive? (Heb 10:38-39)
anywhere, if someone behind you or close by is going to start stabbing or shooting or... Sadly, many of those spreading hate and causing harm have been deceived to imagine they are in service to God; or, are somehow special or owed something. Many others seem to have sold themselves to Satan by giving over their spirit to drugs and alcohol. We see world leaders gathering in packs to rattle their nuclear sabers like a bunch of school boys. They seem to have forgotten; they are not boys and what they are rattling are nuclear weapons!
Men like Putin, who has used his God given existence to cause so much suffering, he by now must know most everyone alive wants him dead; including many among a million sets of parents of the Russian soldiers he sacrificed to his war, and the millions of others he maimed. No matter what bold face he tries to put on, what does that humiliation do to Putin's state of mind? Does all the harm men like him have caused make some of them suicidal? Suicide by nuclear war? Does Putin [and do other world leaders] have elaborate caves and other measures that make him imagine he might survive a nuclear war? Do they sleep in them? The point being raised: Are you aware, no matter what happens next, there is an absolute and foolproof protection "available for YOU"? Not a fairy tale or off in the distant future help, mind you, but a real and a right now solution... And, it is common knowledge to all students of the Bible. It is the solution Jesus Christ was sent to bring us knowledge of; but even among those who express faith in Christ, it is not what most expect! (Luke 4:43) Please just answer out loud; is "God's" solution your hope? Is it "your" faith? (Mal 3:16-4:3) Do you even know what God's final solution is? (1 Cor 15:34) Would you like to?
Doesn't just living in our wicked world make you fear a nuclear war? Do you "expect" one? How could you not? Isn't fearing and expecting a war one and the same thing? Please know it really is not! I, for instance, half expect a nuclear war; but, I don't fear it. Please let me explain?
First realize as we consider what the Bible teaches: If you assert faith in Jesus Christ, he did make very clear this old world system is going to be is being destroyed. He even likened it to the days of Lot and Noah. Listen carefully to "Jesus Christ's" words:
Luke 17:26-30 MWT . . ."Moreover, just as it occurred in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of man: 27 they were eating, they were drinking, men were marrying, women were being given in marriage, until that day when Noah entered into the ark, and the flood arrived and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise,
just as it occurred in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building. 29 But on the day that Lot came out of Sodom it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 The same way it will be on that day when the Son of man is to be revealed."
So, if you believe in Jesus Christ and what he taught; that faith requires you expect this old world system to be destroyed. But how? Could it be by nuclear war? How different, do you really think, is nuclear war from fire and brimstone falling from heaven? (Luke 17:28-30)
God said he would never destroy the earth by flood again; (Gen 9:11-16) but he said no such thing about fire and brimstone! Wouldn't there be some kind of poetic justice in יהוה just allowing wicked mankind burn themselves up, while the righteous walk about unharmed in the flames (Dan 3:1-30) and then exit into paradise? Lot lived at a time when he could preserve himself alive by his faith. He and Noah had faith to do that! Do you have a lifesaving faith? Do you have true faith God can protect you; no matter what bad thing happens? (Luke 10:19; Acts 28:3-6; Mark 16:18; Mark 11:20-24) More importantly, do you have faith He "will" protect you? (Heb 10:37-39) Or, do you doubt and/or long for the things of this old world system; like Lot's wife did? (Luke 17:32-33 of 28-37)
Note what the Apostle Peter was inspired to tell us we can expect:
2 Peter 3:10-12 ESV . . ."But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. (11) Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness
[or, living lives of Godly Devotion], (12) waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!"
Doesn't that convey the idea of a lot of heat? Maybe like Lot's fire and brimstone? Please give attention to another illustration/warning Jesus gave about the arrival of his Kingdom:
Matthew 13:36-43 GW . . .'When Jesus had sent the people away, he went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain what the illustration of the weeds in the field means."'
[The parable Jesus here explains is recorded at Mat 13:24-30.]
(37) 'He answered, "The one who plants the good seeds is the Son of Man. (38) The field is the world. The good seeds are those who belong to the
kingdom. The weeds are those who belong to the evil one. (39) The enemy who planted them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world. The workers are angels. (40) Just as weeds are gathered and burned, so it will be at the end of time. (41)
The Son of Man will send his angels. They will gather everything in his kingdom that causes people to sin and everyone who does evil. (42) The angels will throw them into a blazing furnace. People will cry and be in extreme pain there. (43)
Then the people who have God's approval will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Let the person who has ears listen!"'
Do your expressions of faith in the words of Jesus Christ (Rom 10:9-10) make you shine like the sun in our Father's Kingdom; (Mat 25:34) the Kingdom being established right here on earth and right now! (Rev 21:1-4) Remembering as you build your own faith and hope for your future, that Jesus said his return will be like the days of Lot... (Luke 17:28-30) What do you imagine fire and brimstone falling from the sky looked like? Does that sound like a nuclear war? I repeat that question because you need to be very careful what you allow yourself to believe and expect! What you believe and expect, what ever you choose that to be, is "your" faith... (Mat 8:13 of 10-13) As you speak what you believe out-loud, that is the expression of your faith; and, God is listening! (Rom 10:9-10; Mal 3:16-4:3) Whether it be fires from heaven or whatever other destruction... God makes clear the end of this old world system is going to be a bitter experience for those who haven't taken their grand opportunity to build faith in the words He sent Jesus Christ to bring: (John 18:37; Heb 1:1-2; Heb 10:26-31; Luke 4:43)
Zephaniah 1:14-2:4 MWT . . ."The great day of
יהוה is near, it is near and there is a hurrying of it very much; the sound of the day of
יהוה is bitter; there a mighty man is letting out a cry. (15) A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness, (16) a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements. (17) I will bring distress on mankind, so that they shall walk about like blind men, because they have sinned against
יהוה; their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh will rot on the earth like dung. (18) Neither their silver nor their gold will provide deliverance for them on the day of the wrath of
יהוה. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the
[wicked] inhabitants of the earth." (
1 Thes 5:3)
Zephaniah 2:1-4 MWT . . ."Gather together, yes, gather, O shameless nation, (2) before the decree takes effect --before the day passes away like burning chaff-- before there comes upon you the burning anger of
יהוה, before there comes upon you the day of the anger of the LORD. (3) Seek
יהוה, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; (
Mat 17:5;
John 6:28-29) seek righteousness; seek humility; probably you may be hidden on the day of
יהוה's anger. (4) As for Gaza, she will be completely destroyed"...
[Please note: Verse 4 foretelling Gaza's destruction is a 2700+ year old prophecy calling her out by name! Gaza is, after all, a representation of how vile our world has become: A whole city constructed for the sole purpose of allowing the wicked to hide beneath her inhabitants trying to escape punishment for their murder of women and children... Who could really have lived in Gaza and not been made responsible by having known what the evil in her was planing and doing? Did you see them out in the streets cheering in mass when the helpless captives were hauled into Gaza? Being aware of those facts, shouldn't any righteously inclined persons have left the city? After celebrating or in any way supporting or protecting those murderers in Gaza, could the inhabitants really expect to be among those protected by God in the day of his anger against wickedness. (Jer 46:10-12)
(I am not saying God can't protect "faithful individuals" in the midst of Gaza. He may very well be doing so! I am also not implying those men destroying Gaza are God's servants and friends. {
John 15:11-15} They are just displaying yet another example of Satan's house divided. {
Mat 12:25-26 of 22-30} Satan doesn't care what people fight for or about, as long as they don't stop in order to search for the true God! (
Mark 9:7) The most deadly dangerous among the warring peoples of this world are those zealots who remain resolutely convinced of their own integrity and even their service to God... Be clear, no one in service to God is in any way involved in killing their brothers in Adam. All
Christians recognize Armageddon is "God's" war and are waiting in expectation of His deliverance. {
2 Chron 20:17;
Rev 19:17-21 & 16:14})]
יהוה's day, then, is the bitter end for all who have rejected His command given in Matthew 17:5 to put faith in the words of Jesus, and so, have chosen death by refusing God's Spirit and the faith living in the words of God's Son. (John 6:63; Heb 4:12; Rev 19:13-14 of 11-21; Read the four Gospels to familiarity: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) The war in Gaza and all the other bad we see happening in the earth is demanding [requiring] and even producing and certainly justifying God's wrath; his final solution... (2 Pet 3:8-13) The only real consideration for each and every one of us is whether we will be left standing when God's judgment is done... (Mat 13:43; Mat 25:34)
Do not fail to realize and understand the purpose in mankind hearing all this: These days of Armageddon are a great blessing for you; if you are a person of goodwill. (Luke 2:10-14) It is peace for all those following Jesus Christ. Armageddon is God's war delivering all those waiting on him, (2 Chron 20:17) their deliverance requiring the destruction every single one of the rest. (Rev 19:17-21; Rev 16:16) Do you see your simple but only solution? You have judged yourself a friend of Christ (John 15:11-16) and worthy of life; or, refusing the Holy Spirit alive in Christ's words, (John 6:63; Heb 4:12-13) you have judged yourself a vessel made fit only for destruction. (Rom 9:22-24) יהוה has patiently tolerated mankind's sin and his rebellious condition for six thousand years since Adam and Eve rebelled against God's directions for life in the Garden. (Acts 17:29-31) God has, during that time, been teaching us and offering help; (Gen 3:15; Gen 22:15-18; Luke 1:30-33; Rev 21:1-4) as He also prepared a method for the destruction of the wicked among us. (Gen 3:15) That great day has arrived and you likely by now have judged yourself. The simple basis of your judgment: Whether you have put faith in the words of Christ. (John 3:18-19 of 16-21) Wouldn't that mean you first have to know what Christ actually said? Are you sure "you" do know? Or, have you rather put faith in some preacher to tell you what Jesus said and/or even what he meant? Most [mega and/or famous TV] preachers should be embarrassed as they pretend to want to help, but childishly and invariably seek your money. They first offer some basic prayer about faith in Christ, which is good! (Heb 5:11-14; 1 Cor 3:1-2; 1 Cor 14:20) Then, however, instead of warning of your need to build your own personal faith by sitting at Jesus's feet, (Mark 3:31-35) in actually reading and learning for yourself what Jesus taught, (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) they elevate and assert "themselves" as your help. Rather than directing you to read the words of Christ, (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) seemingly imagining you require them to teach you, they encourage you to call their 800 number and give them money, (Rom 1:18) promising you will in that way gain God's blessings. Please... If it's wealth or power or glory among man they desire, what their works are bringing is what they will have. (Mat 6:1-5) Jesus said precisely what he meant! Have "you" even just read "his" words? (John 6:28-29) They are contained in four short Books... (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) You must not allow anyone to tell you what they think Jesus's teachings mean. It doesn't matter even a little bit what any human, or even the whole world of them in unison, thinks. All that matters is what Jesus promised. Do you believe, for example, what Jesus said about the time of judgment we now see happening:
Mark 13:19-20 CEV . . ."This will be the worst time of suffering since God created the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again. (20) If the Lord doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of his chosen and
special ones, he will make the time shorter."
[If you don't think God needs to bring this old wicked system to its end, just imagine you are a lover of Jesus Christ living in Ukraine of Gaza or...]
Those clear words of Christ about how horrible world conditions are is what those preachers should be teaching! Don't you be fooled by them all those saying not to worry, that everything is alright in this old world! (2 Pet 3:1-7) They are correct when they say there is still some good people. Those righteous ones are precisely why God is bringing the destruction of the wicked; to protect the righteous. (Psa 37:7-11) Everything is not alright with this world... Can't you see the escalation of so many dying and being slaughtered all around you? (Psa 91:7-8) How could people imagine a good God would continue tolerating all this suffering? (Rom 9:22-24) יהוה has not looked away! (Eze 8:12 of 12-18) Those preachers and others saying things are proceeding on as they should (2 Pet 3:3-7) will receive what they deserve. You can't join some sect or group or religion to fix Satan's world! (1 John 5:19) What you can do [or could have done] is join Jesus Christ to survive its destruction. It may be those living today and expressing faith in Christ are similar to the faithful among the generation of ancient Jews, those wandering in the wilderness forty years on their way to the promised land; while all the wicked among them died off. (Num 14:26-34; Heb 3:7-4:14) If so, patterning the days of Lot and Noah, we will soon reach a point where the only ones left alive will be those protected by Jesus; those protected by their own personal resolute faith in God's Spirit through Christ's promises. My hope is exactly what Jesus went on to promise:
Luke 21:25-28 GW . . ."The nations of the earth will be deeply troubled and confused because of the roaring and tossing of the sea. [
Isa 57:20-21] (26) People will faint as they fearfully wait for what will happen to the world. Indeed, the powers of the universe will be shaken. (27) "Then people
[those with faith in Jesus's words] will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. (28)
"When these things begin to happen, stand with confidence [raise your heads high]! The time when you will be set free is near."
Aren't those "deeply troubled" nations Jesus described exactly what we see right now, and have seen increase all during a generation and more? [The above graphic image is 40 plus years old!] The promises Jesus gave for our day reveal him coming in the clouds, or hidden in the heavens, meaning he is hidden from those without faith in his words. You should not imagine you can look away or somehow avoid recognizing these signs, and thus avoid taking a stand; avoid taking "your" stand! (Mal 3:16-4:3) You absolutely can not remain ignorant. God said through Isaiah everyone alive will be awakened [WOKE] to this truth:
Isaiah 45:22-25 MWT . . .“Turn to me and be saved, all YOU at the ends of the earth; for I am
יהוה and there is no one else. 23 By my own self I have sworn—out of my own mouth in righteousness the word has gone forth, so that it will not return to me without results, that
to me every knee will bend down and every tongue will openly swear, 24 saying, ‘Surely in
יהוה alone there are full strength and righteousness. All those getting heated up against him will come straight to him and be ashamed. 25 In
יהוה all the seed of Israel will prove to be right and will boast about themselves.’”
Eph 5:14 of 1-17 MWT . . .“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from death, (
Eph 2:1-5) and the Christ will shine upon you.”
The tribulation we have been enduring and seen rapidly escalate throughout the course of our lifetime, and much more in just the last ten years, is now being brought to its end by God's war of Armageddon.
These Bible prophecies of earth's last wicked king are centuries old...
Most of this artwork is public domain and decades old.
If you believe you see the likeness of someone, you should consider if making him known to you is God's work! (Dan 7:7-8; Dan 7:20-27; Rev 13:3; Dan 8:25)
If you are among those causing harm, "be in dread!"
You surely do know the nations would never stop causing trauma (1 John 5:19 of 18-21) until God stops them, (Mat 24:21-22) or, until they have killed everyone. This is our reality: Christ and the angels will soon bring "are bringing" an end of all who oppose the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. (Luke 4:43; Dan 2:44) If you are fighting for or supporting any of the kingdoms of men, I fear that is a stand against Christ and you have put yourself in line for destruction. If you are a person of goodwill, however, waiting on יהוה's Kingdom by Christ, (2 Chron 20:17) Armageddon is the blessed end of all those causing harm. (Luke 2:13-14 of 8-14) Will the insanity of this world in these last days bring a nuclear war to destroy them. I certainly don't know anything beyond what our Bible teaches, including these scriptures we have considered. The Bible's having drawn special attention to the last wicked king(s) (Dan 8:23-26; Dan 7:24-26) does seem to indicate something in him mankind hadn't previously seen: The total abandonment of integrity and good will? (2 Pet 2:7-9) The majority in the world I had known have always been able to believe in white hats and white horses; (Rev 6:1-2; Rev 19:11 & 14 of 11-21) that is, most believed the good guys win. The world is now being forced to face that many modern world rules have no such scruples or hope. One ruler said recently, "Ukraine can accept the Russian approved deal," which Ukrainians believe means capitulating to a serial mass murderer of women and children, or, he went on, they can just "go on fighting their little hearts out." God is judge as to that man's meaning, but, it seems harsh. If his intent was to be mocking their brave efforts to defend their homes, I'll be most pleased to see God apply some similar standard [or what ever God judges he deserves] to him, and to all his cronies... The Bible's drawing attention to this last wicked king may be God allowing Satan, as the temporarily tolerated ruler of this world, (1 John 5:19-21) to make plain to mankind the wicked have taken control of this world in a whole new way: Leaving no one to imagine there is any longer even a pretext of righteousness... Everyone must now realize nuclear wielding thugs and bullies rule by taking what they want, as they kill any who oppose. Tyrants used to be able to spin lies that the people they were killing and stealing from were bad and deserved to die. Our modern world news coverage makes it obvious to all sensible people what wicked liars they really are... No one can any longer claim ignorance in supporting wicked rulers. The danger to humanity is real... The wicked nuclear genie has been let out of his bottle, leaving God's Kingdom rule of the earth (Rev 21:1-4) as the only hope for any sane person! If there is any good thing about the last wicked king, it is that he lasts only a brief period. Even though it appears to the world it's last wicked king has great power and is having success, he is suddenly destroyed, apparently by God himself... (Dan 8:23-26) [Actually, the Bible saying the wicked king dies without human involvement, but not actually saying God kills him, makes me wonder if there will be something special about his death...] How many among the many smaller nations being threatened with abject subjugation or annihilation, are in possession of nukes no one knows about; maybe some of those back-pack "strategic" nuclear weapons? How long, too, until a couple of the large nuclear nations cross swords, maybe by one of them trying to take what another wants? No sensible person can any longer imagine protection for the righteous from any part of this old world system. (1 John 5:18-21) While God's word makes clear this last wicked king is notably worse than those in days gone by, the truth is, this world has never favored the meek and kind hearted. God's kingdom is the only place where people of good-will are, or have ever been, protected! The wicked King of these last days is just making that obvious to everyone: There is no hope except God's Kingdom by Christ. (Isa 45:22-25) It's not just Russia with Ukraine and the string of nations Putin destroyed before Ukraine, it seems all large (nuclear) nations are intent on swallowing up their neighbors; killing all who won't submit to nuclear tyranny... All the nations are terrorized. The Bible's last wicked king thus serves as an eternal witness to the badness of mankind, (Gen 6:5-8) that witness clearing the way for the destruction of them all; (Rev 19:11-21) the sudden end of all harmful people, forever. (Mal 3:16-4:3; Zep 1:14-2:4) We have all been like caterpillars with our own spirit growing inside. Some of us break free (John 8:31-32) as beautiful Christian butterflies to spread and dry our wings in the light of the Son. Others emerge as serpents having made themselves fit only for destruction. (Rom 9:18-29) Armageddon is forcing or allowing everyone, great or small, to understand that and to display what they have become; (2 Cor 5:17; Gal 6:15; John 3:3-8) creatures of beauty as sons and daughters of God, (Mat 13:36-43) or monsters awaiting God's wrath. (Mat 12:33-37; Mat 3:7-12) Responsibility is thus your own. Truly wicked people [must be judged wicked by God] are compared by God to beasts made fit only for destruction. (Dan 7:10-14) They have no conscience. (1 Tim 4:1-2) Like animals, they just do what ever feels good. You can't embarrass them because they think what ever sordid thing they do, even to those in their intimate family, or whatever harm they cause, is just alright. And, their being judged wicked by God means they would never change... You surely must agree with God, the only solution is their destruction. (Psa 37:10-20) One thing I do know God says, and that I take great joy in, is: When the final wicked king(s) of our end of days (Dan 8:23-26; Zeph 2:4) is ignoring these promises of God and arrogantly asserts he has it all figured out, even saying he is bringing peace and security, then sudden destruction is instantly going to destroy them all... Apparently starting with him, he being done away with without human involvement! (Dan 8:25) Sudden eternal destruction is to be instantly upon all who have not bent the knee to Christ our King! (Isa 45:22-25) Rejoice in that knowledge! These are wondrous, exciting and happy times to be alive, (Luke 21:28 of 25-28) if and only if, you are among those being protected by recognizing and having faith in God's promised deliverance. As Paul warned encouraged:
1 Thes 5:3 of 1-5 GNB . . .'There is no need to write you, friends, (
John 15:11-16) about the times and occasions when these things will happen. (2) For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night. (3)
When people [false Christians and non-believers] say, "Everything is quiet and safe," [or, "there is peace and security"] then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape. (4) But you, friends, (
John 15:11-16) are not in the darkness, and the Day should not take you by surprise like a thief. (5) All of you are people who belong to the
light, who belong to the day.' (
Mat 13:43) We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. (
Mat 13:43-44 of 36-44)
Wicked rulers are marionettes, playing their part! Their part is, of course, their own
choice...
The wicked, especially world leaders, just seem so involved in doing bad they don't even perceive God's warning about the Great Tribulation and certainly not Armageddon. Most have not yet realized they are just playing out their part (Rom 13:1) on the world stage in God's final act. They are so self-centered they will keep whole nations in turmoil over some petty personal dispute. Some may enter a church once in a while, but mostly only seeking support for their badness by approval from those false religious sects. World leaders seem mostly past all moral sense. (Eph 4:17-19) Even so, no matter how hard they try to avoid looking at what the Bible says about them, they will be made to see; (Dan 8:23-26; Rom 14:10-12; Isa 45:22-25) as they note others like them reaping the horrors they deserve. (Gal 6:7; Job 4:8) Whether Armageddon will be nuclear war, fire and brimstone from heaven, individual personal destruction by the angels, (2 Kings 19:35; Exo 12:22-32) or what ever else God allows or creates... we all wait to see!
One thing you should cautiously take note of: This War
[Armageddon] is "God's" War; using Christ and the angels for the final destruction of everyone wicked. (
Deu 32:39-43;
Rev 6:1-4;
Rev 11:15;
Rev 19:11-21) That means "YOU" are not a physical combatant (
2 Cor 10:3-6) in "His" war. (
2 Chron 20:17) You need simply to speak truth to others. (
Mal 3:16-4:3;
Rom 10:9-10) Point is: If you are joined with others, or even on your own, trying to harm those you have judged need to die, you are most surely part of the problem and will soon be destroyed by God. You really should be
terrified! (
Heb 10:31 of 26-31) Those harming others are
fools if they are not terrified! Just know, if you are involved in killing or harming others, I fear you don't know Jesus Christ at all. (
Mat 7:21-23;
Luke 13:24-28) If you have refused to know Christ, sudden destruction awaits. (
Mal 3:16-4:3)
[Armageddon seems not one physical location, but an earth wide identification and/or marking by state of mind... (Eze 8:17-9:8)]
The judgment against Satan and his old world system (1 John 5:19) has long been rendered (Gen 3:15; John 16:8-11; John 12:31 of 27-36) and you can't change it. But, you can, or have had the opportunity to, survive! What ever the manner of the destruction of the wicked proves to be, similar to Peter walking on water by Holy Spirit, (Mat 14:23-34) what you require is a faith in God's Spirit [alive in the words of Christ] that will lift you up to preserve you alive when as you face the coming storm of destruction. [(2 Chron 20:17) Do you truly believe Jesus's words when he said your faith is your fate? (Mat 9:22; Eph 2:8; Mark 10:52; Luke 7:50; Luke 17:19; Luke 18:42; Acts 14:9; Luke 8:40‑55; Mat 8:13; Luke 6:19; Mat 9:27‑30; Luke 8:48 of 42‑48; John 7:37‑39; John 19:34)]
It is even as Peter went on to encourage:
2 Peter 3:13-15 ESV . . ."But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens (
Rev 21:1-4) and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (14) Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. (15) And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,"
Just as God there said He gave Paul wisdom, He has likewise given you wisdom; (1 John 5:20) if you have been listening to the words of His Christ [His Anointed One]. (John 6:63; Mark 9:7; John 18:37; Acts 4:13 of 8-13) So, you see... You have built faith in the words of Christ for life; or, you have rejected him. (John 17:3) God has been paying attention and listening. (Mal 3:16-4:3) Sadly, most of the world is listening to their church or political party or race or gang or... As long as they do so, they will continue on dying in their sins. (John 8:24) As for you, don't you be a fool; just know there is no help in anyone except יהוה. (Isa 42:8; Isa 45:5-7; Isa 45:18-25) Realize also, His help comes primarily through your listening to the words of His Christ. (Heb 1:1-2; Mat 17:5 ~ Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) Lot and Noah were favored to live at a time of deliverance; they had opportunity to exercise faith to preserve themselves alive... The day we live is far better; as we are seeing the fulfillment [Revelation] of all God's promises. The Garden of Eden is being restored to the earth. (Rev 21:1-4; Isa 11:1-13) The words of Christ equate with the leaves of the tree of life growing beside the river of life. (John 6:63; Rev 22:14-21) Make no mistake: For life or for death, you are having your part in it! (Mal 3:16-4:3; Deu 30:19-20) Trying to ignore God's salvation, His provision for life alive in the words of his Messiah [His Anointed One], is you rejecting life! (John 3:18-19 of 16-21) Being misled to direct people to some church or religious sect, rather than encouraging them to read the words of Christ for themselves, is you rejecting life! Heal yourself by running your mind over the words of Jesus Christ; his words alone bring the gift of life from our Father! (John 6:63) Real joy is gained from the words of Christ. (John 15:11; John 16:24; John 17:13; 1 John 1:4) There is healing in that joy. (Pro 17:22; Pro 15:13; Pro 4:23 of 14-24; Job 33:18 & 22 & 24-25 & 28-29 of 13-30) You might join with others to read theses scriptural promises of Christ; but, no group of humans can help you beyond encouraging you to read Jesus's words for your-own-self. Be clear: You "are increasing" true faith in Jesus Christ's words in your own heart, or, you have rejected him. See you soon, then, in the paradise (Isa 11:1-13; Rev 21:1-4; Mat 25:31-34) God intended and started when he set Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden... (Mat 25:34) Rejoice in the Lord's day! (Psa 118:24) Rejoice in what the Lord hath done. (Job 38:7 of 1-7)
I don't imagine or assert to know or judge how much knowledge gained from listening to the words or our Lord Jesus Christ you need; along with the details God provided in the rest of the Bible, "all" of it provided so we might gain life. (John 10:7-10; Gal 3:23-25) What and how much you need to know is between you and יהוה. One thing rings out true: You surely have to know enough to have a resolute faith in the things Jesus promised. יהוה has worked for 6000 years to give you and everyone alive the opportunity to have that knowledge of Christ's words; (Mark 9:7) along with the opportunity for the faith they can bring. (Mat 24:14) Just answer yourself out-loud: Do you have it? (Mal 3:16-4:3)
You should now realize: If you have taken time to read these scriptures, you have blessed or burdened yourself with the responsibility (Deu 30:19-20) and need to make the most important decision of your life? Prayerfully consider which, but only one, of these statements is true...
• First option: As many or even most
leaders of the many
religious sects erroneously assert, what you have heard is "my" story of what "I" have plucked scriptures out of context to believe, so as to give my life a fairy tale ending. They say I am confused or even an apostate liar and deceiver; an enemy of God. My thinking is their hateful speech puts me in
good great company... (
Mat 12:22-30;
Mat 10:24-26)
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Second option: Those many Religionists [referring to all forms of worship besides True Christianity (Mat 7:15-23)] are wrong. What you have heard is my synopsis of the Bible's [of God's] true account of the history, and most importantly the future, of humanity. If you believe these scriputres, you are a Christian! Well, that's my faith...
I must confess the Religionists are right about one thing, I do love the happy ending I believe these scriptures paint for me and the other friends of Christ; (
John 15:11-16) for all my brothers and sisters! (
Mark 3:31-35) This hope, my real scriptural hope, is for Lowell and Mae Dean and Mike and Bev and Bill and Leonard and Kooki and Don and David and Steve and Amanda and Rachael and Emily and Manuel and Hans and, of course, for me; and for oh so many others I could list; as well as those I don't even know... If you are a friend of Christ, but are old and/or sick or living in Ukraine or Gaza or... or suffering the many other ravages and abuses common to this dying world, you must keep "your" hope alive, by running your mind over the words of Jesus Christ. (
Mat 10:22 of 16-23;
Mat 24:13 of 9-14) The spirit and resultant faith alive in his words, is a real and true help and
protection in our time of need! (
Heb 4:16 of 7-16;
Mat 14:23-34)
