“There will appear signs in the sun, moon and stars; and on earth, nations will be in anxiety and bewilderment at the sound and surge of the sea, as people faint with fear at the prospect of what is overtaking the world; for the powers in heaven will be shaken…when these things start to happen, stand up and hold your heads high; because you are about to be liberated! Keep watch on yourselves, or your hearts will become dulled by carousing, drunkenness and the worries of everyday living, and that Day will be sprung upon you suddenly like a trap! For it will close in on everyone, no matter where they live, throughout the whole world. Stay alert, always praying that you will have the strength to escape all the things that will happen and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.” – YESHUA (Lk 21:25,26,28,34-36)
Before the second coming of the Messiah, there will be great famines, droughts, earthquakes, wars, and great signs in the heavens that will cause anxiety and bewilderment to all men. Natural calamities have been occurring at a much faster rate and at worst level of catastrophe. The earthquakes have already exceeded magnitude 8 on the Richter scale. Hurricanes and typhoons are much stronger and its devastation sweeping, destroying all kinds of man-made structures and crops, causing landslides and avalanches. The snow caps and icebergs are melting causing sea-water to rise, threatening complete flooding of some islands like the Kiribati. In 2009 alone, there was more frequency of flooding everywhere where there used to be none.
But the most distressing sign is that the heart of man is growing cold, totally selfish, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, insulting, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, uncontrolled, brutal, hateful of good, traitorous, headstrong, swollen with conceit, loving pleasure rather than GOD, as they retain the outer form of religion but deny its power (2 Tim 3:1-5).
I could never understand why prayer could be disallowed in public places but swearing and cursing and all forms of lewdness abound. This generation worships the human body. We have all sorts of beauty contests and even contests on the biggest loser; as if they created their own bodies so they can boast how beautiful they are. Truly, the enemy revels in corrupting the image of GOD in every human.
The LORD YESHUA, himself, warned us not to be dulled by the carousing of everyday living and its pleasurable attractions because we might lose our first love. The only antidote is to pray unceasingly for strength to overcome as if our very lives depend on it, because it does. Let’s guard our hearts, especially early in the morning, for that is when the enemy will remind us of so many urgent activities and we tend to forget to be still and commune with GOD. To postpone to pray is to walk in uneven rough roads and even to sink in the quagmire of worry without the necessary strength to overcome and navigate smoothly. When we walk with the SPIRIT daily, the way may be a wilderness, but we are assured that He who guides knows the way and we will arrive complete in CHRIST, to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb.
The signs of the second coming of our LORD YESHUA is upon us. Let us make sure that we can hold our heads up high and say, “Maranatha!”
מלאך
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