“He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.” 1 Sam. 2:9,10 KJV
Warning In the Wind- JE Lillie
On my way to New York City this afternoon I was listening to a well-known radio evangelist here in the States preaching a message about the end of the world, and the judgment of God. His take on the matter is that we are already in the tribulation of Revelation, AntiChrist is about to be revealed and the church is about to get severely whacked because God loves His children and thinks that we really need to go through tribulation so we can understand the crucified life! WHHHHHAAAAAATTTTTTT!!!
I nearly went over the guard rail on Interstate 95 as I listened to his closing prayer. Not one iota of hope. All grace was missing. The Blessed Hope had been replaced by cursed fear! I am so glad this was not the Good News preached to me. I was already steeped in my world of gothic depression. Such a word might just have been enough to send me the rest of the way over the edge!
What I heard from the Scripture…what I still hear today echoed in the rightly divided Word of truth is… “He will keep the feet of his saints,…he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
I do believe there is a judgment coming but I believe that God will protect His people through this final judgment by removing us from the Earth before the judgment starts.
We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the
Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be
caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the
Lord forever. So encourage each other with these words.” I Thess. 4:15-18 NLT
Yes there’s a warning in the wind. Judgment is coming but Scripture warns us so that we will be ready to escape it. I am not looking for the AntiChrist to rise. I’m looking for the Christ to make me rise!
The church is not appointed to go through wrath!
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Thank you for encouraging us, Pastor J, with the hope and promise of Jesus. May we take the warning as a call to listen and obey Him, to be the witness here and now that He desires us to be, for the sake of others. God bless you!
A-men Deb!
Pastor J, your photo is certainly telling us of the approaching storm. May we be relentless in our witnessing of our Lord & Savior so that all who are willing, will be saved. Prepare their hearts to receive the words that come from my mouth and open their ears to hear, Lord. Thank you. A-men!
Praying this with you Deb! And may the God of grace strengthen us to remain in the hope of the rapture as the world teaches that He will never come!
I have just come from a post that made me shake my head and wonder. How refrershing to come here! Thank you for a post that makes me smile and praise our amazing God.
Praise God that He is faithful, that He wants the very, very best for His adopted, blood-bought children and that He undertakes for us. Praise God that He has NOT appointed us to wrath [1 Thess 5:9] Praise God that He is coming soon!
We are one day closer!
Indeed we are one day closer. I am glad I could refresh you sister!