Scripture: Matthew 24 v 4 - 8; John 3 v 29; Ephesians 1 v
2 - 6.
It takes courage to say things that people do not want to
hear or even consider. Why has the Phillipine city of Tacloban with 225,000
citizens suffered such heavy damage with many lives lost? It is devastating that as many as 10,000 have perished. Some areas are unreachable and the numbers of those displaced is still growing. Crops have been wiped out too. This typhoon and its aftermath are being compared to the destructive tsunami that affected large areas of Asia at the end of 2004.
Its a wake up call to the rest of us! The words Jesus
spoke to His disciples concerning the signs that will herald His return and the end of this world are
happening all around us more and more frequently.
You must either agree with Jesus Christ and believe the
truth of the Bible or stick your head in the sand and be wiped out by the next
tsunami coming to a beach near you. Or storm, earthquake, landslide,
pestilence, famine, drought, financial disaster, anarchy, war, meteor
strike......
It causes people to live in fear and increase their
insurance policies. However, Jesus said to His followers, "Fear not, for
all these things must happen but the end is not yet." Jesus called these
the birth pangs that would bring on the final showdown between Himself and
Satan.
What is the showdown over? It is over Jesus' Bride!
Consider who we are. We believers are the BODY OF JESUS CHRIST! His Body. Jesus
is the HEAD of the BODY! Together the Head and the Body make The BRIDEGROOM.
When the Rapture take place it means all members of His
Body ie born again believers leave Earth in an instant to meet Jesus in the air
to be joined together, united and made into one whole being = the Bridegroom.
The marriage feast starts without the Bride. The
Bridegroom must collect her from where she is waiting with her oilfilled lamp
in the window. Satan has her surrounded with enemies of all nations going to
destroy Her in the Battle of Armageddon.
Her name is Israel, the Apple of His Eye, His Chosen. His Bride. Remember John the
Baptist in John3 v 29 saying that he rejoiced at hearing the Bridegroom's
voice! He was referring to Jesus as He was introduced to Israel for the first
time on Earth as the Lamb of God!
Satan kidnapped Her when he was expelled from Heaven to
use as leverage. This is a revelation given to me many years ago. I have
written the whole of it in 10 visions on this blog starting with "Whom God
Foreknew".
Everything that has happened on this planet has been in
preparation for this showdown for Jesus to save His Bride, Israel, from the
final destruction. This remnant who make up the Bride consists of those Jews
who believe that Jesus is their Messiah
The Messianic Jews; Jews for Jesus; are the ones who are the true
Israel.
So as Satan tries to destroy this planet before all these
things come to pass its good to know why we are suffering global warming (fires
of hell getting hotter); climate change (Jesus getting nearer); the big divide
between pure Christianity and the strange evil mix of Interfaith adherents.
Superstorm Sandy, the big earthquakes and tsunamis, Super
Typhoon Haiyan and other phenomenon are the curtain raisers to the Great
Tribulation. They will come more often and with greater intensity as that
insane loser, Satan, tries one last gamble to outwit Almighty God. The back of
the Book says Jesus wins.
I am very mindful of the suffering and loss of life that
causes much sorrow. Jesus says the culprit is Satan who comes to kill, steal
and destroy. Satan started this rebellion in Heaven before time existed. It has
taken all this time to bring it to a head.
Where will you be when the battle is over?
Prayer: Heavenly Father You have done everything to stir
our memories of where we came from and who we really are. The enemy filled our
souls with lies about You. You sent Jesus to bring us the Truth. May His Body
know Him and His Bride believe Him and may many be saved. In Jesus' name. Amen.