There will be fearful events, Jesus said of our time. People will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea, he said.
All that just happened. No one on the west coast of Florida, the Gulf Coast side, ever expected the storm Helene to have serious impact on them. It was over a hundred miles away and supposedly heading north to come ashore in the panhandle area of Florida. Then suddenly there was the many feet of storm surge and terrible destruction of cities and houses on that west coast.
Far away, five hundred miles north, in the mountains of NC people were living in Asheville and Boone and smaller towns like Chimney Rock and many more. Five hundred miles! Hurricanes were for the coast surely. But not so this time. Helene arrived at an area already saturated with many inches of rain. And it just poured more on. Then a flood ensued unlike anything anyone living had ever seen. Massive destruction and loss of life. We still don’t know the full extent. The rescuers haven’t gotten everywhere to check it all out yet. Too many trees down, not like we are used to seeing – a tree here or there. No, this is piles of trees all together that take long, long periods to remove. Buildings and cars wrecked and piled up. Hundreds of roads damaged and cut off. Bridges out. And hundreds of people still missing.
The flood is of Biblical proportions some say.
Some try to compare it to the great flood there in 1916 but of course no one was around then.
And at the same time this is happening Iran sends many missiles into Israel, and the Middle East is turbulent indeed. And the Ukraine war just continues. Nation against nation. Wars and rumors of wars.
Final signs. These are part of the final signs. Jesus outlined events of the last days. Those days are here.
We are at the time of the Lord’s return. Most people just do not know. Serious believers know if they are paying attention. Not anyone else.
So we wait to hear his command, the angel’s shout, and the trumpet. And we will be off, leaving behind huge numbers of people who do not know Jesus, including no doubt a significant number who thought they were Christians but were not born again, not born of water and the spirit as Jesus said was a requirement. They had been let down by their church or by their own thinking. They did not do the will of Jesus’ father. They did not have the same innocent faith as little children. And evidently they just did not truly believe. So many in their churches and in some places their pastors themselves will be left behind.
Time. It’s time. You can continue to try to wake people up, to tell people the truth. Lots just don’t want to be bothered. They don’t want to hear. Lots already have been caught in the deception of the evil one and even have fallen into delusion. Some have just never paid attention or apparently even been able to hear the truth of God. Many others get angry and protest in cities and universities for anti-god causes although they can’t understand they are on the wrong side, They line up in support of vicious and blind opponents of the Jews and they support the LGBTQ movement in all its ramifications. They are spiritually lost and will live in the Tribulation.
We believers all have to keep in mind that only God the Father can draw anyone to Jesus. We can’t. We can speak to others about Jesus and the gospel and the return. We can pray for God the Father to draw these people to Jesus. But then we have to let God be God.
Soon. Soon the Lord will be here. And we believers will be gone. Comfort yourselves also with realization that some come to know the Lord during the horrible Tribulation period. In Revelation John the disciple sees countless Tribulation saints in Heaven.
I don’t know how many more storms like Helene will occur or how extensive the wars will become or how many other natural or human disasters will occur before Jesus arrives. Hopefully none. One thing is for certain. He will be here soon.
Another thing is certain too:
Some things are now happening on earth we have little or no control over. Not all, just some. I think we still apply the power of prayer in all situations and use the authority Jesus has given us at all times. But just realize there may be moments that possibly we can’t change. Jesus is coming indeed at the appointed time. That time is set. And it is soon.
October 2024
Copyright © 2024 by John Newlin
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