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Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in the place of God? But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. (Genesis 50:19-20)
In her attached post, my church friend, Jan gives very convincing proof of the power of our almighty, living God. The power of His sovereign will, for us and for all His people. Much like the nation Israel, America, and the entire world may well just be on the verge of God's national judgment, or on the verge of the Rapture of His people.
Absolutely nothing happens within all of God's creation, contrary to the sovereign will of Almighty God. He wills everything into being simply by His spoken word, and he takes away by the same sovereignty, be it from the past, to modern day America. ( Zach 4:6) (Isaiah 40:23) (Psalm 115:3) (Proverbs 16:9) (2 Chronicles 20:6)
During America's last presidential campaign, I claimed (Daniel 2:19-23) by marking this special passage of scripture, and committing the passage to daily prayer. Millions of God's other faithful followers prayed God's will for our country as well.
And God was faithful in answering our prayers, as was obvious from the election results. And now, I continue to claim this passage as our country moves forward. We must pray, and pray hard, for lasting results.
We Christian believers have a challenge before us however, as Satan has not given up. We are in a war, not a physical war, not a war of flesh and blood, but of spiritual conflict. (Ephesians 6:11-12) Even though God's prophetic Word proves we will win out in the end, we must not give up the fight. We must not stop praying.
The Scripture gives us a glimpse of the end times events. In (2 Timothy 3:1-9, 13) and (2 Timothy 4:3-4) we see the perils of apostasy, and the falling away from the true gospel. And in (2 Peter 2:1-3) we see a picture of the last days’ false teachers. Then in (2 Peter 3:33-4) we see mockers of the return of Christ.
Are these Scripture predictions not like reading today's newspaper, or tuning in today's TV news? And history has proven that the more God's people suffer, the stronger their faith grows. And like Jan, I too feel we are entering the last days, as we know them to be. Soon, and very soon I believe, God's people will hear the sound of His trumpet call signaling the all important meeting in the air. (I Cor. 15:51-54) (I Thess. 4:13-18).
After the Rapture, the catching away of all God's people as described above, comes the final seven years of tribulation on this earth, a time like none other, in which Satan's antichrist and false prophet will reign temporarily. (Revelation chapter 13) (Revelation chapters 16-19)
Then, after this tribulation period comes a chain of events, leading up to God's final eternal heaven with His people. These events included a thousand year reign of Christ on this earth, the final judgment of all the lost souls who are without Christ, and the "New heaven and new Earth, for all eternity. (Isaiah 2:4) (Isaiah 42:1) (Isaiah 11:6-9) (Isaiah 32:8) (Revelation 20:15)
This "New Heaven and "New Earth" will be the final step in prophecy. for all eternity. (Isaiah 65:17) (Isaiah 66:22) (2 Peter 3:12-13) (Revelation 2:1-4).
Yes, this old earth, as a result of Satan-directed evil, will surely be ripe for a solution, a false hope given by this antichrist. However, I have read the back of the book, Revelation, and guess what? We win. Thank you, Jan, for this nice post and enforcement of God's sovereignty. Yes, I agree, we Christians are now ready and waiting to go, as never before.
What about you, my friend? Are you ready? If not, why not? It's simply a matter of taking God's free grace through your faith. You see, we can never work our way, pay our way, or rely on a friend, to get us to heaven. Please read. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Jan's Blog;
In my personal devotions I have been reading about the Israelites being brought out of Egypt by God's strong hand. And it strikes me that God let their conditions in Egypt deteriorate to the point that they were more than ready to leave. If they had still been living a cushy life, surrounded by friendly Egyptians and everything they ever wanted, they would not have wanted to pull up stakes and move to a new land.
But God allowed a new pharaoh to arise who "knew not Joseph" and he made the Israelites slaves to the Egyptians. Pharaoh even tried to limit the number of boy babies that were born to the Israelites by demanding that the midwives kill them at birth (late-term abortion?), but the midwives feared God and would not comply. Then when Moses came and asked for them to be let go, Pharaoh increased their workload and the brutality of the taskmasters.
It took a series of plagues enacted on Egypt by God (that basically destroyed the nation) to pry His people loose from Pharaoh's clutches, and ended by the destruction of the Egyptian standing army. God set out to demonstrate His power and might, and He succeeded.
It then occurred to me that God is allowing the world we live in (both physical and social) to deteriorate to the extent that we Christians will be more than ready to go when Jesus comes for us. Satan (like Pharaoh) is working his will in this world, with the help of his followers, the Muslims. He has caused them to engage in evil, brutal practices in an attempt to conquer the world for their god. They destroy humans, animals and nature alike, as a token of Satan's hatred for everything that God created.
This is causing Christians to look upward, standing on tip-toe, eager for the return of our Savior to rescue us from this present evil world. Plagues will also accompany our departure, with the destruction of Satan's standing army at the end.
We, like the Israelites, are being prepared to leave, weaned off the love of the world, looking forward to a new and better land. Keep looking up, Christians, our redemption draws ever nearer!
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