This could be an extremely long post. I could post hundreds of biblical passages that foretell what is happening in our nation and actually around the world at this time. I will not do that. I am only going to use one passage from Matt 24.
Matt 24:3-14
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"
4 And Jesus answered and said to them:
1.) "Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
2,) 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
3.) 7 For nation -- (ethos- ethnic group, tribe or race based culture) will rise against nation -- (ethos- ethnic group, tribe or race based culture) , and kingdom -- (basileia = realm or government, king or prince -- could be both spiritual or secluar, root word is baselious a sovereign nation) , against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
What is interesting to note here is the word Nation is actually 'ethnos', this is race or culture. Race will rise up against race, tribe verse tribe. Well we sure see that here in our country and actually around the world! The vast amount of conflicts are race, culture or tribal in nature. The Lord is not saying this is good thing, He is just stating what is going to happen!
The second note is Kingdom vs Kingdom, is the geopolitical government or realms or dominions and can be the Kingdom of God verse Satan and his Kingdom and can also be sovereign governmental nations, China vs US, etc!
We are clearly here, seeing both of these, right now in ways like never before in our history and surely our life time. So, let's look at the next scripture (vs 9 -14), the next phase, and this is where we are heading to quickly if DJT loses this election! For it's not really DJT the Antichrist Global "beast" hate, (the elites, Masons or Illuminati's or whatever you want to call them) , It's really those self righteous, hypocritical moral, Christians that represent the moral foundations of family, freedom of choice with reasonable rules pf law and order to have civil society! One that is not based on race or any specific people group, that they the cabal or beast or Satan really hate.
They want division and choas and hatred and discord and they really don't care what causes it, race, or sex preference, nationalism, anything to divide and create hatred, suspicion and discord and war!
9 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
NKJV
This is where we are heading, the question is WHEN!?
I truly believe that we are clearly in Isaiah 59 and that God has and desires to raise a standard against the enemies flood of wickedness and give us a season of peace and prosperity (Isaiah 60). However he clearly wanted the children of Israel to cross over and take the promise land as well (Numbers 13), AND THEY REFUSED TO BELIEVE AND OBEY and thus they died in the wilderness, feeling the wrath of God instead! We also see that even though Joshua and Caleb were obedient and believed God and did EVENTUALLY inherit their promise to enter, The received it only after 40 years of tromping around the desert with the disobedient and faithless ones!The point being the actions and decisions of people, and specifically God's people, does have a massive impact on what happens, regardless of the Lord's wants and desires to bless. We see Jesus COULD NOT do many miracles in his home town because of their unbelief! This had nothing to do with His ability to do miracles, even marveling at their unbelief! (Matt 13:58) Bottom line, it has everything to do with the truth, that we as a people have a vote in what does or does not happen to us concerning God and His desires to do good, to save us, to deliver us, and intervene. He simply will not force His grace, mercy or goodness upon us or anyone else!
We would do well to remember that Jesus himself in Matt 23 (just before this passage) had gone on an impassioned, pain filled rant against the Jews, HIs own people, because of their hard heart and corruption. Pronouncing 7 woes on them ending with this frustrated declaration and cry!
Matt 23:37-39
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, BUT YOU WERE NOT WILLING! 38 See! Your house is left to you desolate; 39 for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
NKJV
These were his last public words that He proclaimed and appropriately so, He said this in the same temple that He declared that there would "no stone left upon another" (which happened exactly as He said in 70 AD), immediately afterwards to His disciples (who were memorized with the physical beauty of the buildings) as He was leaving! In fact it was this impassioned statement that caused the disciples to approach and ask Him the above question, after He had cooled down and they were in a private place.
My point is, these are the proclamations and prophecies of Jesus Christ, they will and are happening.And If he allowed severe judgement to come on His own people because of their hardness of heart and rebellion. Why would we believe that He would not allow the same thing for us!? (Romans 9-11)
Persecution will happen for those of us who declare Jesus as Lord, The question is when? I belive we have an opportunity to gain a reprieve for a season. Will we take it? Will we God's people truly do 2 Chron, 7:14 and Daniel 9? Or will we seek to placate and appease, bowing to the pressures from the world and be silent seeking to be 'politically correct' in the name of peace!
As it did not work with Neville Chamberlain with Hitler, It will not work now. Yet the power to choose is in our hands. What are you going to do!
Matt 24:3-14
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"
4 And Jesus answered and said to them:
1.) "Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
2,) 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
3.) 7 For nation -- (ethos- ethnic group, tribe or race based culture) will rise against nation -- (ethos- ethnic group, tribe or race based culture) , and kingdom -- (basileia = realm or government, king or prince -- could be both spiritual or secluar, root word is baselious a sovereign nation) , against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
What is interesting to note here is the word Nation is actually 'ethnos', this is race or culture. Race will rise up against race, tribe verse tribe. Well we sure see that here in our country and actually around the world! The vast amount of conflicts are race, culture or tribal in nature. The Lord is not saying this is good thing, He is just stating what is going to happen!
The second note is Kingdom vs Kingdom, is the geopolitical government or realms or dominions and can be the Kingdom of God verse Satan and his Kingdom and can also be sovereign governmental nations, China vs US, etc!
We are clearly here, seeing both of these, right now in ways like never before in our history and surely our life time. So, let's look at the next scripture (vs 9 -14), the next phase, and this is where we are heading to quickly if DJT loses this election! For it's not really DJT the Antichrist Global "beast" hate, (the elites, Masons or Illuminati's or whatever you want to call them) , It's really those self righteous, hypocritical moral, Christians that represent the moral foundations of family, freedom of choice with reasonable rules pf law and order to have civil society! One that is not based on race or any specific people group, that they the cabal or beast or Satan really hate.
They want division and choas and hatred and discord and they really don't care what causes it, race, or sex preference, nationalism, anything to divide and create hatred, suspicion and discord and war!
9 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
NKJV
This is where we are heading, the question is WHEN!?
I truly believe that we are clearly in Isaiah 59 and that God has and desires to raise a standard against the enemies flood of wickedness and give us a season of peace and prosperity (Isaiah 60). However he clearly wanted the children of Israel to cross over and take the promise land as well (Numbers 13), AND THEY REFUSED TO BELIEVE AND OBEY and thus they died in the wilderness, feeling the wrath of God instead! We also see that even though Joshua and Caleb were obedient and believed God and did EVENTUALLY inherit their promise to enter, The received it only after 40 years of tromping around the desert with the disobedient and faithless ones!The point being the actions and decisions of people, and specifically God's people, does have a massive impact on what happens, regardless of the Lord's wants and desires to bless. We see Jesus COULD NOT do many miracles in his home town because of their unbelief! This had nothing to do with His ability to do miracles, even marveling at their unbelief! (Matt 13:58) Bottom line, it has everything to do with the truth, that we as a people have a vote in what does or does not happen to us concerning God and His desires to do good, to save us, to deliver us, and intervene. He simply will not force His grace, mercy or goodness upon us or anyone else!
We would do well to remember that Jesus himself in Matt 23 (just before this passage) had gone on an impassioned, pain filled rant against the Jews, HIs own people, because of their hard heart and corruption. Pronouncing 7 woes on them ending with this frustrated declaration and cry!
Matt 23:37-39
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, BUT YOU WERE NOT WILLING! 38 See! Your house is left to you desolate; 39 for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
NKJV
These were his last public words that He proclaimed and appropriately so, He said this in the same temple that He declared that there would "no stone left upon another" (which happened exactly as He said in 70 AD), immediately afterwards to His disciples (who were memorized with the physical beauty of the buildings) as He was leaving! In fact it was this impassioned statement that caused the disciples to approach and ask Him the above question, after He had cooled down and they were in a private place.
My point is, these are the proclamations and prophecies of Jesus Christ, they will and are happening.And If he allowed severe judgement to come on His own people because of their hardness of heart and rebellion. Why would we believe that He would not allow the same thing for us!? (Romans 9-11)
Persecution will happen for those of us who declare Jesus as Lord, The question is when? I belive we have an opportunity to gain a reprieve for a season. Will we take it? Will we God's people truly do 2 Chron, 7:14 and Daniel 9? Or will we seek to placate and appease, bowing to the pressures from the world and be silent seeking to be 'politically correct' in the name of peace!
As it did not work with Neville Chamberlain with Hitler, It will not work now. Yet the power to choose is in our hands. What are you going to do!
