Thursday, July 20, 2023

* SIGN OF THE TIMES: IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS

 

It had to.  It was the plan all along.

Jesus Christ is returning to the earth very soon to collect his true believers and take them with him.  Shortly thereafter or perhaps even concurrently the seven year Tribulation will begin.  That will be a time of increasing horror and confusion and mayhem on earth.  Think about it.  None of the people left on earth were chosen by Jesus to go with him.  So largely the world will be populated and led by people who are just lost.  Oh, there will surely be some who had some knowledge of Jesus; they will likely start searching earnestly for more information, visiting church and ministry libraries, reading about the Lord and the last days on the Internet.  And at some point many of these come to know the Lord during the Tribulation, for the disciple John sees them in Heaven when he is taken there in Revelation.  I don’t know how they get there.  One likely explanation is being killed by the Antichrist government for their refusal to take the mark the False Prophet requires of anyone who wants to buy or sell.

During that seven years believers will be in heaven.  What are they doing?  We don’t know.  No doubt praising and worshipping Jesus and the Father.  Perhaps meeting past friends and ancestors they never knew.  Maybe being trained for the future?  At some point attending the marriage supper of the Lamb.  And then at the end of the seven years, coming back to earth with Jesus in his army of Holy Ones to fight at Armageddon.  Actually, they don’t do any fighting.  Jesus wins that battle himself by the sword coming out of his mouth.

Way back in the beginning, when Adam walked with God and then God created Eve as his companion, humanity made a fatal step.  Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, the fruit God had warned not to be eaten.  In doing so they and humanity fell away from God, and life on earth entered a “fallen” period.  For hundreds of years, four thousand in fact, life continued like that.  And then God sent his son Jesus to earth to bring the Kingdom of God, to reconcile humanity to himself.  Jesus accomplished that reconciliation by taking your and my sins to the cross and overcoming them, earning God’s forgiveness for us and thus eternity with Jesus and the Father.

But…there is a big requirement here.  A person must recognize Jesus as their Lord in order to be in that Kingdom.  A person in essence must receive that forgiveness and go forward seeking to do God’s will.  It is by grace that we have all been saved, and not by works so that no one can boast.  That is true.  But that salvation does not work for those who never hear about it or never act on it.  And we all know so many in that camp.

We are at the very end of this age.  Remember with God a thousand years is like a day and a day is like a thousand years.  Well, in his time accounting, we have finished six thousand years of human existence and are at the beginning of the seventh thousand.  We have finished six days and are moving into the seventh.  From Adam to now has been six thousand years.  So this all comes to a conclusion of sorts now.  This age ends.  Not the earth.  Not the world.  Not humanity.  No.  At the conclusion of the battle at Armageddon, the Kingdom of God’s rule is set up on earth in Jerusalem, and various of Jesus’ believers occupy positions of authority in that government.

At that point the thousand year millennium begins.  That is the seventh day.  It is at the end of that period that the new heaven and earth come, that God comes to dwell with man in the new Jerusalem described at the end of the book of Revelation.

It all had to eventually reach this point.  This was always the plan.

The Lord spoke to me directly back in 2005 when I was preaching to a group.  Right in my ear I heard “John, tell them who I am and that I am coming soon.” 

Ever since he has periodically shared more about his return, and I have passed on much of that.  There just is not much more time on earth before he comes.  Very little.

It has been astounding to me how small the number who understand and recognize Jesus is coming soon.  The Biblical prophecies of things to happen before his return have happened.  Nothing has to occur before he comes to collect his sheep.  Some things may happen during the Tribulation, like the invasion of Israel by nations to its north or the building of the third temple, but nothing more has to happen now.

I think many people today – including many unbelievers – realize something is highly amiss in our world.  Bizarre things are happening.  Leaders are doing things that do not in any way appear wise.  Groups of people vociferously back positions that are irrational and they really are not open to discussion.  Life is increasingly dangerous on earth. 

But sadly so many churches and church pastors are not teaching and preaching about these days, about Jesus’ return.  Why?  That I don’t fully know.  Some possible answers may be that the pastors themselves do not have a revelation of the return, or that they are afraid of frightening off younger adults who may want their children to have time to grow up, or that the ruling boards of those churches just won’t allow the return to be taught.  In any event, they will have to answer for not preparing their congregations.

Throughout the nation and the world are individuals who do know the truth and who will be going with Jesus.  It is always wonderful to encounter them.  Several of my ministry friends have made the point that where they live there is just no one for them to truly talk with about all this, to share revelations from the Lord.  I have that experience too.  People out there are really lost and unfocused on what really counts.  And the clock just keeps ticking.

Recently we have started producing a series of short videos dealing directly with key points of these last days.  Currently they are available on Twitter.  We have hopes to make them available elsewhere as well soon.  Please tell those you care for about these and encourage them to watch.  Or forward our written material or give them copies of our book WAKE UP AMERICA!  Remember, one of the Lord’s assignments to all believers is to take the gospel to others (see the last paragraph in Mark).

May God bless you and your family and friends aways.  May you all live in the will of God. 

And remember:

The only thing that matters is Jesus and your relationship with him.

          

                               July 2023

                               Copyright © 2023 by John Newlin

 

 

 

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