Monday, August 13, 2012

   Let not your heart be troubled:  ye believe in God, believe also in me.  In my Father's house are many mansions:  if it were not so, I would have told you.  I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.  (John 14: 1-3)

   For believers in Christ, these are exciting times!  Even though these days are filled with evil, these are the times that we have been studying in the Word of the Lord, and the words of prophecy are being fulfilled in front of our eyes.
   The resurrection of Jesus Christ is essential to the belief that Christ is the Son of God; for without the resurrection, there could be no return of the Lord; but because of the resurrection, there will, in deed, be the return of the Lord at a time according to God's plan. 
  This is our hope, and this is our belief by faith; for if our faith is not in Him and His resurrection, then we would have no faith in Him for His return to earth.  And without our faith in Him, then we would have no hope in Him.  For without faith and hope in Christ, then there is no faith or hope in all of the religions of the world:  for these are the works of mens' hands, and not from God, because the religions of the world are no more than coffins for the people who are spiritually dead, who are the people who have rejected Christ.
   The days we are presently living are evil, but the worst of the evil of men on earth is yet to come; for in the future, people will see evil that no generation has ever seen upon the face of the earth, and this future is approaching quickly.  From here on out, the days upon the earth will get worse.
   Christ, however, will return before the worst of evil arises.  The Lord is returning for the people He loves as well as for the people who love Him.  He will lift us above these most evil of days upon the earth and we will not be here as witnesses to those dreaded events.
   So then, how do we know that evil will get worst?
      1.   Jesus said, salvation is of the Jews (John 4: 23) and Jews have been hated and persecuted since the time of Abraham.  Islamic nations hate Jews, for their desire---above all else---is to rid the earth of Israel and all Jews.
      2.  Jesus said, ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. (Matthew 24: 9)
      3.  all governments of the world are against God.
      4.  all religions of the world are against God.
   All of these things must come to pass before we see the return of Christ. and for us who believe in Him, we are small in number in comparison to the world's population; and because of our faith in Him, we will be on the winning team because Christ will put an end to evil.
   Now faith is substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  (Hebrews 11: 1)

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