Tuesday 24 September 2019

You Will Know The Season

Scripture: Matthew 24 v 1 - 4: "And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2  And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3  And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you."

The disciples asked Jesus  these 3 questions after He told them the Temple would be destroyed.

1.  When will the Temple be destroyed?  In hindsight the best answer is ... before this generation shall pass.  Within forty years of His death, the Romans under Titus in 70A.D. destroyed the Temple and Jerusalem.

2. What is the sign of Your coming?  They believed Jesus would return as He said He would.  And His immediate response was that they, or we, must not be deceived by anyone.  

The Antichrist is the full manifestation of Satan in a human person.  Jesus called him the father of lies.  A being that is evil all the way through with no truth in him.  Those who follow him pretending to be Christians, called wolves in sheep's clothing, are among us today in large numbers.  They have many followers who ignore glaring errors in doctrine and behaviour in their adored leader/s and show anger and hatred to any who try to correct them.

In Thessalonians it is written that before the son of perdition appears (the Antichrist) there will be a falling away from true Christianity.  This is already far advanced.  The late Dave Hunt, Derek Prince and David Wilkerson, warned of this falling away which had started in their days.    The things they warned about were false doctrines and false practices in the church.

Think Chinese communist church regulations, plus North Korean Christian prisons, plus Islamic killing and persecution of Jews and Christians plus the ISIS, Boko Haram type behaviour then multiply by the age of Earth and you will have the maniac mind of the Antichrist towards believers in the one true God.  That's why Jesus said take heed that no man deceive you.  But before he arrives fully fledged on the scene we must know the season.

The signs of the coming of Jesus are an increase in earthquakes, destructive storms, waves roaring, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions.  As Dave Wilkerson wrote in The Vision, the weather is out of control.  That is what he saw in the same vision he had every night for many months.

Just this past two weeks we are seeing alarming hurricane activity hit the Bahamas and Texas, with Humberto now crossing the pond to bring very threatening storms to the British Isles.  They had been having unseasonably Autumn heat while the rest of Europe were plunged into freezing Polar weather.  Their are presently 11 hurricanes or tropical storms on Earth causing floods and fear and loss.

Other signs are plagues, famines, droughts, heart failure, financial upheaval, anarchy, wars and rumours of wars.  Jesus calls these the beginning of sorrows.  They will increase into the Great Tribulation period lasting a further 42 months.  Jesus says the Devil knows he has but a short time left and he has come down to Earth with great wrath.

Jesus says when you see these things happening you will know He is at the door and soon to come.  We will know the season of our deliverance.  Plus He says the end is not yet.

Question 3: When is the end of the world?  God promised it would not be by flood as in Noah's time.  According to Peter in 2 Peter 3 v 4 - 7: "And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5  For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 
6  Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7  But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men."

He also says in verses 10 - 12: "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12  Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?"

I used to think this was a nuclear war, or a huge meteor hitting Earth until I heard about the super volcanoes like the Caldera at Yellowstone National Park.  There are many of these on Earth.  Any one of them erupting will have life changing effects for the whole planet for decades.  All of them erupting will turn Earth into a fireball.  Or it could be a meteor.  There have been near misses just lately with astronomers warning that there is a likelihood of at least one hitting Earth in the next ten years.

There is a big Climate Change Conference taking place in New York among world leaders.  It is being highlighted by thousands of protesting young people who are pledging to abstain from bearing children until world leaders make a serious effort to protect their futures by curbing all that accelerates climate change.  We are seeing that which Jesus foretold.

Our God will protect those that love Him and bring them home to Himself.  Those that hate Him and deny Jesus are the ones who will end up in the great tribulation.  If that does not open their eyes to who the real enemy is, they will spend eternity regretting it.

Israel's eyes will only open when the Antichrist goes into the Holy of Holies in the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem and declares himself God.  They have been deceived for 2000 years, killing the Messiah the priesthood failed to recognize by being too politically correct and fearing Rome.  They also made up a lie believed to this day that the disciples stole His Body and pretended it was resurrected.

The Bible says the Jews will look upon Him whom they have pierced and mourn as for an only Son.  He will show the scars of crucifixion to them and they will recognize Jesus at last.  Only then will the Marriage of the Lamb to His Bride, Israel, take place.

It is all about her.  The reason for our presence on this planet is all about her.  Every book of the old and New testament is written by a Jew.  She is the chosen....bride.  She made wrong choices in Heaven.  And more wrong choices on Earth but the love of Jesus for her has never wavered. 

She will make a peace treaty with all the Arab lands, not just Palestinians.  When Netanyahu or Gantz determines the outcome of the polls in Israel to see who leads the country, he will continue the already strong alliances in place with many Arab countries.  This is a prelude to the peace treaty which will be countersigned by the Antichrist.  Then we will know him and the last seven years will begin.  Not before then.

As Christians we must be faithful to Jesus even until death.  We must not even fear death as Jesus has full control over us and knows precisely how we will come home to the Father.  We must try to win as many souls into His Kingdom because He died for all.  That is all we can do and to do it we must show love, forgiveness and mercy to those who hurt us.  Even to those who think they are doing God a favour by killing us.

There is no doubt that the end times are upon us.  Forewarned is forearmed and it will not come as a shock.  Walk in truth, shun evil, redeem the time i.e. make up for lost time.  All your spare time playing games when you could be winning souls.  All your spare cash going to Save the Sharks instead should be used to save the souls of the lost.  Do not be deceived and diverted by enemy distractions! Find the will of the Father and do it!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, the end times here means a new beginning in Heaven and we long for it with all our hearts.  Father as the world gets darker, let our light from Jesus shine ever brighter to attract those souls looking for truth.  In Jesus' name. Amen.