Friday, November 9, 2012

MOVING ON

There is a lot being written by a lot of people about the United States presidential election of 2012.  All sorts of insights are being drawn.   And the implication of the strange storm Sandy just before the election and how this may have influenced results is being discussed.

But in the end there is only one conclusion – the government in power before the election will continue in power.

And there is one other observation – the country and the world continues to move steadily down the road to the imminent return of Jesus Christ. 

The past four years have seen a great fall in influence and in economic power of the one world super power, the United States.  That trend clearly will continue, as internal reshuffling of income distribution and government priorities renders the country ever less influential.  It has gotten caught up in minor priorities and interests of various specific groups that seek to better themselves, and the net result is that this selfish approach has crushed and will continue to crush this once powerful nation.

The return of Jesus is imminent.  The situation in the Middle East has not changed.  Israel now is more alone than ever, in terms of support of other nations.  The coming wars discussed not long ago in one of our Watchman Warnings are still to come.  I don’t think it will be long before we see some action in that area.

The real question for all people is do they know Jesus Christ truly?  Have they been born of water and the Spirit?  Are they in the Lamb’s book of life?  Are they going with him when he comes or are they staying behind to endure the tribulation period and either hopefully accepting the Lord then or sadly ending up in the Lake of Fire.

The trend is here, the direction set, and the progress continues.  The various countries are at different points.  In some places there are even encouraging breakthroughs for believers.  But inevitably the Lord will come at the appointed time.  He must come soon, whether that is in a day, a month, a year, or a few years, because prophesied things have now happened that must happen within the generation of his return.  A generation is by definition only so long.  And the counting of that generation began at least as far back as 1948, maybe even further.

So you see there is not much time.

We will issue more comments on the election and the implications in a coming newsletter sent to all next week, but I do want you to know I have not overlooked it.  I also want you to know I don’t intend to make rash observations or judgments.  God has this plan, you see, and he is sticking to it.  I’ve written about it so much now.  Hopefully you have read some of that.

The thing for you to do is to keep your eyes on Jesus and to rejoice in your knowledge of him.  To the extent you can, help others in their journey to him.

 
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!