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A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,400 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 57 trips to carry that many people.

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Romans 8:22 "...all creation labors with birth pangs..."

Psalm 89: 7;11;14… GOD is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him… The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all its fullness, You have founded them… Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face. 

John 1:1-5;14… In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with GOD, and the Word was GOD.  He was in the beginning with GOD.  All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.  In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.  And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it… And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 

I have already been rebuked and corrected by some who may not have fully read the first post on this weighty subject.  People can easily get confused as I was (and still am to some extent) about the nature of GOD.  The most recognizable verse of Scripture is John 3:16… For GOD so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him- shall not perish but have everlasting life.  And yet we all know that the wrath of GOD was poured out on His son, our Lord Jesus Christ- when from the Garden of Gethsemane to His last breath on the cross, Jesus took upon Himself the full punishment for our fallen nature and individual history of sin and rebellion.  Love, Grace, and Mercy… Truth , Righteousness, and Justice… all Holy attributes of our Perfect Sovereign GOD!

Hebrews 12:29 "...also a Consuming Fire."

 

When was the last time that you heard a sermon, message, or teaching about sin… or hell… or The Holy Fear of the LORD?  The last time we did was in the late 1980′s at a Principles of Life Seminar facilitated at the Long Beach Arena by Dr. Bill Gothard.  I readily admit that it changed me forever- in many ways.  Up until that time everything was about GOD’s Grace, Blessings, and Provision… little about accountability and nothing about the appropriate and necessary fear of the LORD.  This is the first of a set of three essays dealing with a comprehensive Biblical understanding of the subject- what it is, what it is not, and the many remarkable benefits of living and obeying GOD with this critical understanding.

Proverbs 22:4… By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches and honor and life.

Malachi 3:16-17… Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a Book of Remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the LORD, and that meditated upon His Name. “And they shall be Mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make them my jewels…”

2 Corinthians 7:1… Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of GOD.

The Day of the LORD's Judgment Released!

Most Bible students acknowledge that the Book of Daniel and the Book of the Revelation both give critical and specific understanding of the person known in the Holy Bible as the Antichrist.  In order to understand the 70th week of Daniel, the abomination that makes desolate, and the very important accounting of all periods of time designated as days-this blog post will very briefly touch upon these subjects.  I highly recommend The Book of Daniel by Clarence Larkin, which is available on Amazon.com on the book title link.  In order to keep this essay as brief as possible, I will only cite very brief comments from that text.

This is the fourth of four posts dealing with the closing period of the Church Age- yet in our future.  It covers overlapping subjects spoken of in Scripture as the 70th week of Daniel, the Tribulation Period, the Day of the Lord, and the Wrath of God.   I have attempted in the last three posts to biblically clarify several of these topics, and in this final essay I will deal with the Great Day of GOD’s Wrath.

Daniel 9:27… Then he [Antichrist] shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.  And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate.

Matthew 24:15; 21,22… Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever reads, let him understand)… For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.  And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect sake those days will be shortened.

John 18:6... "Jesus said, I AM He."

The Incredible Art of the late Rick Griffin

This is the third in a series of posts dealing with the Last Days scenario that we are all entering into worldwide.  Although in my study I believe that the end is not as near as many proclaim, but rather that we have about two decades before the fulfillment of these Last Days events- it is up to each individual to make up his or her own mind concerning these very grave matters.  We still have much to do; America still has an awesome Destiny to fulfill, and the Greatest Harvest of souls in the history of mankind is on the immediate horizon!

My previous two essays The Day of Christ-and the Day of the Lord and The Tribulation- the Great Tribulation need to be read in sequence, so that this post as well as the one that will follow will make complete sense.  I will therefore assume that you will take the time to read and study those two essays first with your Bible in hand, so that you in all humility, will be genuinely awed and blessed by the knowledge of the  future reality of His Glorious Appearing.

I am of the opinion after careful study of GOD’s Word that the Day of Christ refers to the Rapture of the church, while the Day of the Lord deals chronologically in sequence in the future with the Wrath of GOD and the judgment of the nations being poured out into finality.  This is followed subsequent to the final battle campaign of Armageddon, with the Lord Jesus Christ establishing His Millennial Kingdom on earth from Heaven- reigning with the overcomers for 1000 years.  Then the ultimate transformation of the entire universe will happen, resulting in a new heavens and a new earth- that will be His headquarters for the Universal Empire in both the physical and spiritual realms- where the Triune Yahweh will rule and reign.

Sands of Time Running Out...

Matthew 24: 15,21… When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place… then shall be great tribulation…

The Lord Jesus was very candid with His disciples of a very difficult truth.  To them and to us He said, “In the world you shall have tribulation…” (John 16:33).  His Apostle Paul also said, “… all that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution” (2 Timothy 3:12).

History through the ages and into this present day documents the level and severity of tribulation and satanic persecution that the people of GOD have experienced and are experiencing… with greater intensity.  Tribulation for the believer is a certainty, the changing variable is the degree of suffering.  Besides the link on the right panel to Voice of the Martyrs, get yourself a copy of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs and please let it break your heart over what has been suffered by the Body of Christ through the many centuries.

The word tribulation is from the Greek word thlipsis which means “pressure, compression, distress of mind in difficult circumstances, trial, and affliction”.  Whether as a noun or verb (thlibo) the definitions show plainly that tribulation does not mean wrath!  In the KJV eight different words are used to translate these Greek words in 55 separate occurrences.  They are:  tribulation, affliction, persecution, trouble, anguish, burden, throng, and narrow… with the words tribulation appearing 22 times, and affliction 21 times. 

My wife Robyn and I came to the saving knowledge of the Lord in the mid-70′s.  A prevalent teaching of the church then and even now is the ‘imminent’ return of the Lord Jesus Christ.  In my ignorance for many years I was gullible enough to believe that Jesus would come to ‘catch away’ the true church at any moment:  in 1981 then 1988… etc. and obviously the Rapture didn’t happen then or yet!  Now with decades of comprehensive study of the entire Holy Bible from Genesis to Revelation, I have come to a greater understanding of what biblical eschatology actually teaches.

Although there is substantial confusion and the ‘traditions of men’ I believe misinterpreting the Scriptures concerning the 70th week of Daniel, the pivotal issue as far as I can tell has to do with the error in falsely assuming that the Day of Christ is synonymous with the Day of the Lord.  This post is my attempt to deal with the significant differences with solid biblical confirmation to support my thesis.  The primary reason that this is so critical at this time, is that the enemy has used the incorrect teachings with respect to the Rapture, the tribulation period,  and the wrath of GOD to cause much of Christendom (especially in the Western church) to sit on their hands, not willing to get them ‘dirty’ in the Harvest of souls- and waiting in a dispassionate (lukewarm) way for the return of the Lord to rescue us out of this fallen world.

The premise of the ‘pre-tribulation rapture’ of the church assumes that Matthew 24 & Revelation 6 (the seals) describes the wrath of GOD being poured out.  In my next post I will tackle this doctrinal position head-on since in both portions the wrath of GOD is correctly equated with… ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars [angels] will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then (M-v29 & R-v12,13 respectively). We are called to be witnesses!

Matthew 9:35-38; 10:7 &8… And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.  But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.  Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few, Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

10:7 &8… And as you go, preach- saying “The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”  Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons.  Freely you have received, freely give.

The Feast of Trumpets

Biblical Christianity encompasses the whole Counsel of GOD:  the entire Holy Bible from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21.  We will continue studying the Word of the Lord throughout the entire Millennial Reign of Christ!  The privilege and joy that is ours in knowing the ultimate truth of salvation through the atoning work of Christ alone, is a treasure beyond measure!  And yet we need to continue to dig deeply into the Scriptures that we may receive greater illumination and present truth confirmation of what belongs to us as children- sons and daughters of the Kingdom of our Sublime Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Galatians 3:22-29… ‘..the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.  But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed.  Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.  But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.  

For you are all sons of GOD through faith in Christ Jesus.  For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.  There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.  And if you are Christ’s then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. 

This post will ‘unpack’ some of the riches that can be gleamed by all believers from the Moedim, the appointed Feasts of Israel.  Specifically we will focus on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur since they are imminent on the Jewish calendar, and have many blessings to reveal and impart to the spiritual as well as the natural seed of Abraham. 

My first published book (2010) is available in two different formats.  As a paperback edition it can be purchased on Amazon.com via this link.  This allows for personal and family reading and study- anywhere and anytime, as well as home church or cell group review and discussion.  Via Amazon’s Look Inside feature you can read the Introduction, see the Table of Contents, and read brief excerpts of different chapters.

 It is also available as a free PDF download on the OpenHeaven.com website on their resources page… here.  Please scroll down to the bottom of the page under other authors for the PDF link.  This format would be 220 8.5 x 11″ pages without the cover art.  Although it can be read on your computer, it is less convenient and does not allow portability.  I chose to make it available both ways for expanded exposure, because I believe it has a very timely message concerning where we are in GOD’s time-table in the consummation of all things.

Amos 3:7,8… Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.  A Lion has roared!  Who will not fear?  The Lord GOD has spoken!  Who can but prophesy?

This essay is one of the very most important blog posts that I have ever done!  We are living in very desperate times: the earth is reeling with calamities wherever one looks; radical terrorism is in our daily news; economic crisis is now a worldwide phenomenon; and the transition that we are all in requires fervent prayer with fasting more than ever in our lifetimes.

I strongly encourage all who come to this site to very prayerfully read this entire essay.  Once you have reached the end, you will clearly understand the urgency and gravity of what is before us with respect to the Season of the Basilisk.  This information was originally published on the outstanding web site  Elijahlist.com- June 2007.  They graciously give permission to reprint articles in their entirety as long as appropriate credit is given to the original authors as well as their web site.  Complete information will be provided at the end of this post.  I have also taken the liberty of modifying it slightly in updating the three-week period that will be critical not only this year, but also in the next few years-for future reference in concerted prayer.  I will also provide several links to additional posts on this site that will bring clarity to this need, and provide additional tools for diligent prayer with fasting.

Therefore the complete essay is as follows: