·
so many television programs and movies have
spiritual angles today – mostly not Christian spiritual angles, but spiritual
angles nevertheless.
·
so many people are looking, searching, complaining
– they’re not getting answers in traditional churches, and they don’t know
where to look
·
so many people are making up their own interpretations for
Christianity – such as “I just can’t believe a loving God would send anyone to
hell, so I think everyone goes to heaven .” (Sorry, not true.)
·
so many
focus on the “God is love” part of the Bible but ignore the hundreds of pages
on other subjects that define God as well, such as his commandments. (Unless you are God, you cannot decide to
drop a page of the Bible, or ignore a phrase or command. You can’t make it up as you go, or pick what
verses to believe and what not to.)
·
the number of serious believers in Jesus Christ
– born of water and the spirit, confessing Jesus is their Lord – is small.
·
plans are just about ready to build the next
temple in Jerusalem, which is where the a/c sets himself up as god.
·
there is an explosion of homosexuality in the US
and world – maybe not in numbers but in publicity and political clamor. The “gay rights” movement and national
liberal politicians and judges push this minority group ever forward.
·
Israel as a political entity is still a lost
nation, spiritually lost. A large “gay”
celebration was held in Tel Aviv this summer.
Most citizens still do not know
or recognize who Jesus is, although there are breakthroughs with individuals.
·
Syria is about to implode. Damascus is destroyed in Bible prophecy (
Isaiah 17). Is that about to happen?
·
Russia continues to line itself up on the wrong
side, working with Syria and Iran. What
is about to happen here, a la the Ezekiel 38-39 war? Prophesied key attackers of Israel in that
war are Russia and Iran.
·
the US government is more troubling than ever to
a large majority of Americans. It seems
steadily to be putting forward positions not desired by many, moving toward
being a socialist state. Surely the move
to the one world government is well underway.
·
the absence of moral, spiritual, Jesus-believing
political leaders?
With
all this going on, is it not time for the prophesied signs in the heavens to
happen? Have they in fact already begun
(Remember the reports in the last year or two of people hearing trumpets
playing from the heavens in several areas; also mysterious huge blasts or
explosions or clashes of metal that are inexplicable – are these signs of
spiritual battles underway?)?
Where
are there true believers who might get together in every community for serious
prayer and support – a significant number who believe the Bible, are filled
with the spirit and born again, who follow God’s guidance?
Are
there any people like that in the national government?
Just
some thoughts to consider.
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus!
(October 2013)
Copyright © 2013 by John Newlin
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