The book of Revelation - we are warned, we are blessed.

How do we study the Book of Revelation?

Prayerfully! Very prayerfully.

Do you study the Word of God as a scholar? As a scribe? As a teacher? We KNOW there are roles we are to take on in our lives, roles we are designed for. Some will be teachers, some will be prophets, some will be scribes and so on.

Eph 4:11  And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers

There isn't a single person who is all of these things. 

So, saying that, and asking how we are to study the book of Revelation we have to study it realizing that a lot of us are NOT teachers, we are NOT prophets, we are NOT scribes, we are NOT Biblical scholars. 

I fully believe that God will allow all of us the KNOWLEDGE we need to belong to HIS.

We are BLESSED if we keep the prophecy sayings. We are BLESSED if we read this book.

Rev 1:3  Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Rev 22:18  For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

Rev 22:19  And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Rev 22:20  He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Rev 22:21  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

How important is this book? VERY important!

However- this book is a book of prophecy and not so easy to understand. We need teachers to teach us, we need to study this as ever very prayerfully. The teachers of this very important book of prophecy are accountable for what they are teaching.  Did you read the last verses? If anyone ADDS to this book God will add the plagues to them. If anyone takes away anything from this book God will take away their part in the book of life and they will not enter the holy city!   The teachers are ACCOUNTABLE for what they are teaching!  We however are accountable to search for the truth and teachers of the truth! We will never be able to say we were led astray so don't punish us. We are accountable for being led astray when we aren't truly seeking the truth.  We are allowed to believe lies when we aren't seeking truth!  By the grace of God we will find the truth but we MUST seek for it with ALL our heart!

Jer_29:13  And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

This is TRUTH!

We are going to study this book of Revelation and it's not for the first time and by the grace of God it won't be the last. May GOD bless us as we seek ONLY HIS TRUTH! Please, Father, please guide us! Let the Holy Spirit guide us along the entire way as we seek to KNOW your truth, your will, You!

Forgive us please, and save us from ourselves!

All through our Savior, Jesus Christ, our Lord, now and forever, AMEN!

Healing of the nations!

HEAVEN-  the temporary home for all the earthly pilgrims. 

EARTH MADE NEW- the permanent home for all the earthly pilgrims.

In the earth made new-

Rev 22:1  And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

Rev 22:2  In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Did you read that?

A pure river of WATER OF LIFE- clear as crystal!  We've all seen clear water, right? Or most of us. It's beautiful when you see it in the ocean, in a waterfalls, in a river natural and gorgeous. This WATER of LIFE proceeds out of the throne  of GOD and of the LAMB,  OUT OF THE THRONE! Imagine it! Let your mind picture a throne unlike any you've seen and then a pure river of WATER of LIFE clear as crystal!  Water that gives life!   You might say that our water right now gives life and you wouldn't be lying. We die without water. Our bodies are made up of a lot of water. This water of life however is for people who are LIVING ETERNALLY!

In the MIDST, the middle, of the STREET of it, on EITHER side of this river of water of life, there was the TREE OF LIFE!

THE TREE OF LIFE! The tree that was in the GARDEN of EDEN, the garden that mankind was BARRED from after sinning! The TREE of LIFE! 

On this tree there were TWELVE different kinds of fruit!  And every MONTH this tree bear fruit and as we know in our world now, NO tree bears twelve different kinds of fruit year round, NONE. This is the TREE OF LIFE and- the tree was for the HEALING of the NATIONS.

The tree of life- a healing tree.

Now stop and think for a moment.  So many people believe that we are instantly healed because we are changed from mortal to immortal because we are change from corruptible to incorruptible.  Yet for 1000 years while in heaven we will be judging those who are NOT in heaven. We will be able to understand beyond any doubt why those who aren't there, aren't there. Why people believe that our minds will be wiped clean and we won't remember anything is beyond me. Why people think that suddenly we are happy even in the midst of the destroying pain of our loved ones, is beyond me. YES! We are happy to be with our SAVIOR! SAVED! REDEEMED! HEAVEN BOUND! But when the newness of this calms down and we look around and a lot of those we expect to be with us are not, we will want to comprehend why. Our memories are NOT erased! What point is there in a memory wipe? If God wanted to wipe all our memories what would He be left with except empty human shells and if He were going to do that then why bother with all the fuss of everything and not just create new humans- sinless, without memory of sin and all its results- pain, heartache, agonies untold.  We will have memories, we will have questions, we will have minds, intelligence! We will be who we are, only we will be SAVED! Our bodies will be RENEWED! We will have life eternal! The FRUITS of the tree of life will be for our HEALING!  We will be HEALED by these fruits! And to be HEALED means we are in NEED of healing! 

Rev 22:3  And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

Rev 22:4  And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

Rev 22:5  And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

Rev 22:6  And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

Rev 22:7  Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

No more CURSE.

NO DEATH- DEATH is the CURSE!

NO night!

No need of a candle.

No need of the sun.

The LORD WILL GIVE US LIGHT!

The miracles to come are amazing! Yet first ALL the prophecies of the book of Revelation must come to pass, and those who KEEP these sayings are blessed!

Is there any wonder we need to know the sayings, know the prophecies we are to keep.

Think about this--

Rev_14:12  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

This is a saying of the book of Revelation.

We need to study this so much more!

Please God, open our hearts and minds to YOUR truth, to the sayings of the prophecy of the book of Revelation, we would be blessed by YOU!

We long to be YOURS and with YOU in the new earth! Please, all by the grace and mercy of our SAVIOR, all through HIS love, all through YOU and YOUR love! Please, we would be YOURS! Help us LORD, help us! Save us! We believe, help our unbelief!!!!  Please! All through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, now and forever!

AMEN!

Called by God and no other

Do we need mankind to ordain us to the role we are called to live?  Is it enough to be called by God and God alone through the grace of Jesus Christ?  Paul was NOT ordained by any human. This man who was a DEVOUT Jew, who followed the laws perfectly, who believed he was doing God's work, he did not get the approval of other Pharisees, other temple rulers, to go and preach Jesus's gospel message. He did have their approval to persecute Jesus' followers-

Act 9:1  And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

Act 9:2  And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

He asked for LETTERS to go to the Damascus synagogues. Those letters would give him the approval, the right to persecute any who were disciples of Jesus Christ.  He wanted to destroy this Jesus sect which would interfere with the life of the Jewish people, taking them from the truth as He perceived it to be.

Jesus CHOSE Paul! It was by a PERSONAL encounter with Jesus Christ that Paul was convinced that those followers of Jesus Christ that he wanted to persecute were really God's chosen! Paul had been WRONG, tragically wrong! Everything Paul thought was true was not true!  The Messiah he'd been longing for as his religion taught Him, had actually been born and his religion rejected HIM! His religion denied the Messiah, his religion crucified the Messiah!

Read the following all the way through, please--

Gal 1:1  Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

(((Paul was called by JESUS CHRIST, not by any man. Paul was called by God the Father who raised Jesus Christ from the dead.))))

Gal 1:2  And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:

Gal 1:3  Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

Gal 1:4  Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

Gal 1:5  To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

(((This is OUR prayer!))))

Gal 1:6  I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:

Gal 1:7  Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

(((Those who were called to know the grace of Christ were quickly having their heads turned to another gospel- one that wasn't of Christ!  People were already perverting the truth!  As soon as there was a truth, then Satan raised up his followers to pervert that truth with their own gospel and tried to use that gospel as Jesus'.  Why do we even begin to imagine that all the various truths out there are all right in their own way, when there really is only ONE gospel, ONE truth? How do we know which one? We follow ONLY our Savior's truth in His word and none other. You say people interpret things differently so how do we know which is really truth? We study to show ourselves approved, we seek God daily, we search the scriptures, we never, ever stop being willing to be led of the Holy Spirit into all truth!))))

Gal 1:8  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

Gal 1:9  As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

(((Cursed were those who believe any other gospel than the truth!))))

Gal 1:10  For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

(((If Paul were going to please men he would NOT be God's servant!  How true is this for us too? If we seek to please people we will NOT be pleasing GOD, what does this tell us? What? Seriously? If we want to be men-pleasers we will NOT be God's because mankind does NOT want the truth of God, they want things that are soothing to their ears. They don't want their conscience seared by truth. They want the feel good religion, they want partial truths that are easy to follow.  Some want to feel a bit of anxiety because it keeps them feeling good, some will chastise themselves, some will even physically hurt themselves - punishing themselves and they call this the truth, but honestly men do so many things that are NOT God's will that we can't begin to name them all. How do we know if we are following truth?  We know what God's word tells us, and if we are out of line with the word of God, if any are out of line with God's word they are not in the truth. We all have to be accountable for the truth we are called to know. I can't condemn anyone's eternal life, not a single person. They might not have all the truth now, but I can't know they won't come to the truth later, it's not in my power to ever know how God will work in others. I'm accountable for my walk with God, and following the truth He gives to me. I'm accountable for sharing the truth as God gives it to me, but not for making anyone believe anything, that isn't my role. The Holy Spirit convicts hearts,  not me and not you!))))

Gal 1:11  But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.

Gal 1:12  For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Gal 1:13  For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

Gal 1:14  And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

Gal 1:15  But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,

Gal 1:16  To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:

Gal 1:17  Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.

(((Paul did NOT conferred with flesh and blood when he was called! Paul followed God's will! Why are we so gung-ho for the approval of men? Why? Why do we want their input, their point of view. When God's truth is what we long to follow we do NOT need the approval of any other.))))

Gal 1:18  Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.

Gal 1:19  But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.

Gal 1:20  Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.

Gal 1:21  Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

Gal 1:22  And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:

Gal 1:23  But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

Gal 1:24  And they glorified God in me.

Truth.

Do I have all the answers? No. But God does. And God will give us all the answers we need. We must believe. By grace we will believe.

God is our hope, no other.

Please, Father, please be our hope and stay now and forever all through the grace and mercy of our Savior, Jesus Christ our Lord, now and forever and ever!

Please!

Amen.

The power the Lord gives

2Co 13:10  Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

Paul, the apostle, chosen by Jesus Christ. Paul, from the Pharisees, a strict Jew, turned Christian. Paul, the chief of sinners. Paul, sought after for edification, sought after for his words given to him by Jesus Christ. Paul, a teacher, a preacher, a prophet. Paul, just like you and I, had a temper.  Paul chose to write to these Christians rather than visit them and he tells them why. 'Lest being present I SHOULD USE SHARPNESS.'   He didn't want to be sharp with them, he didn't want to be angry with them, he didn't want his words to be used for destruction. He wanted to teach them, to edify them, not reprimand them. He wanted them to learn from his writing to them so he didn't have to yell at them, and hurt them with his admonition in person. 

The truth has the power to cut, to wound, to hurt, to injure, to destroy.  We can't believe the truth isn't REAL, that it isn't powerful- it is! 

Remember this--

Heb_4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The word of God is TRUTH! Our Savior is the WORD of God! Our Savior is TRUTH!

Paul didn't want to HURT people with his words of truth, but he wanted them to have the truth, to learn from the truth, to know the truth, to live by the truth. 

The truth is alive, the truth is something we cannot deny and live.

We need TRUTH! Can we get the truth without being hurt in order to learn it? Yes, it's possible. We need to study, to love the Lord with all our heart! To want His truth, not the lies that please our ears, not the lies that are easy to hear. We need truth and by the GRACE of God we will get the truth we need by studying His word!

2Co 13:14  The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

Paul ended his letter to these Christians with those words.

Paul wanted the GRACE of the LORD JESUS CHRIST to be with them. Paul wanted the LOVE of GOD to be with them.

Paul wanted the COMMUNION of the HOLY GHOST to be with them.

Paul wanted all this for all of US!

Grace, Love, Communion with God!

Please, Father, we would have the grace of Your only begotten Son. We would have Your love. We would have communion with the Holy Spirit. Please!

Amen!

God be merciful to me, a sinner!

Luk 18:10  Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

Luk 18:11  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Luk 18:12  I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

Luk 18:13  And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Luk 18:14  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

God be merciful to me… a sinner!

None of our actions, not a single one entitle us to eternal life.

Out of the blue a friend stops by and holds out a gift to you for no reason at all other than they love you. Were you entitled to that gift? No. Did anything you do warrant them giving you that gift? No.  Have you ever given anyone a gift for no reason at all other than you love them? Or do you live your life based on the - 'They gave me this, so I'll give them that,' system? Or 'I did them a favor, now they owe me a favor.' Is this the way you live? Does the opposite prevail with you then? They didn't give me this so I'm not giving them that, and they didn't do me a favor, so I'm not doing them a favor. Is this the way you think it should be? A constant giving and receiving based upon fairness of getting and giving? It's a sad way to live, it really, really is.   We can't give a single thing to our Savior to warrant the gift of eternal life he offers us.  When we keep the moral commandments we aren't keeping them to earn a ticket to salvation. They are just, they are good, they are right, they are love. I don't keep the Sabbath to earn eternal life, I'm not punching a card on a weekly basis to show I've kept the Sabbath. I don't earn points for every commandment I keep. The BEST I can ever hope for is by keeping the moral commandments I am doing the will of my Creator, my Redeemer and I am LOVING Him and Others!  And notice I said 'hope for', because people can keep the moral law perfectly and still do it only to the letter without the true love. People can put on the outward appearance of being commandment keepers while inwardly they are seething with hatred, with selfishness, with deception.  When Jesus gave the parable in the above verses He was trying to get across this message.

A Pharisee- upright in all ways following every moral commandment given and all the ceremonial laws, and all the various laws passed down from Moses, as well as living a life that to ALL outward appearances was perfect. Even in his own eyes this man was perfect so much so he could pray to God in the temple and THANK God for NOT being like those who were not perfect as he was. His pride was so vivid in his words, so blatant and yet he could not see that pride for what it was. He was so focused on his perfection and the imperfection of others that he was blinded to his own faults, his own shortcomings which made him anything but acceptable in the eyes of God.

The ordinary man not a Pharisee but a publican - a tax collector, one who worked to collect taxes for the government of Rome- read this excerpt-

'During the time of Jesus in first century Israel, there were publicans and tax collectors who could walk up to a man and tax him for what he was carrying, and much more. These tax collectors were hated and despised because they were usually fellow Jews who worked for Rome.'

From <http://www.bible-history.com/sketches/ancient/tax-collector.html>

A fellow Jew working for Rome, coming to the temple alongside of a Pharisee.  The Pharisee, a Jew who belonged to a sect of believers in God who were very strict and sought a life of purity hoping to be closer to God through their beliefs.   These two men were opposites on the scale - one living a pure life devoted to God and what they believed to be God's ways, and the other living a life serving Rome, yet acknowledging God. 

Which was justified? The strict ritualistic law keeper, or the one who recognized his filthy sin-stained life?  Only those who recognize their sin stain as something they cannot of their own selves get rid of will have the hope of being justified by Christ. We must GO to God to become clean! We cannot ever rid ourselves of our sins, they must be taken from us.  Even if we get to a place that we believe we are not breaking a single moral law, we cannot ever get to a place in our hearts that through a single prideful thought, a single unloving moment we are sinless, not ever! Only Christ in us accomplishes that! Only being totally devoted to His ability to save us from ourselves can we have hope, true hope!

Yes, we have moral laws and yes, we are to do all we can to love God and love others through following those moral laws, but in and of themselves they'll never save us. To shun them and outright refuse to not even try to follow the law of love is a slap in God's face. To accept them and comprehend they are given to us so we have the truth of love, this is embracing God fully.  Jesus kept every single moral law! Jesus revealed the love in every single moral law. Jesus went so far as to rip down the belief that we don't sin because we keep from physically doing what our corrupt heart lusts for.  Jesus revealed the moral law was much more than outward show. Did Jesus tell the adulteress her adultery was okay? No! He told her to SIN no more! However none could cast that first stone because they knew their own guilty hearts condemned them. They might not have lain with this woman and committed adultery with her, but it's quite possible they all desired her in their hearts, in their thoughts. They could ALL have been guilty of adultery in their minds and Jesus was there to reveal their true selves, telling them to cast the stone at her if they had no sin.  They couldn't cast that stone, not a single one of them. Did this mean adultery was acceptable?! NO! It meant they were all guilty of sin, guilty of death because of their sin!  All of them were in need of salvation, and all of us are in need of salvation!

By the grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! May we comprehend His worth and our worthlessness without Him!

Amen!

Unveiling a deceiver

2Co 11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

2Co 11:15  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

A wolf can dress up in sheep clothing but it will never make that wolf a sheep, never. God sees through the disguises we put on for others, and even to fool ourselves. Self-deception is a very real thing.

Satan TRANSFORMED into and ANGEL OF LIGHT.  

Then how are we to know the enemy if not by what we are shown?  If Satan and Satan's ministers can appear to be ministers of righteousness then how are we to discern between the true and the false?

Isa_8:20  To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Mar 7:7  Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

Mar 7:8  For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

Jesus had this to say about commandments-

Mat 19:16  And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

Mat 19:17  And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Mat 19:18  He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Mat 19:19  Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mat 19:20  The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

Mat 19:21  Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

Keep the commandments. 

The MORAL commandments!  This man kept the moral law from his youth and on up.  Clearly before Jesus' ministry he was keeping the COMMANDMENTS that Jesus was talking about.   He was doing good, what he lacked was the LOVE in the commandments- the loving God and others before himself.

Jesus DID NOT COME TO DESTROY THE MORAL LAW!

Mat_5:17  Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Yet people will swear up and down that Jesus came to destroy the moral law, they will! They'll tell you outright that Jesus did away with the moral law because He knew we couldn't keep it.  They'll tell you that we do not have to keep any moral law at all. They'll call the moral law the law of Moses not God's law.  They'll say the moral law was nailed to the cross.  Yet Jesus is telling people to KEEP the commandments, why? Why would He do that? Why?! Why would He tell people to 'go and sin no more' if there is no such thing as sin?!  If you do away with the moral law then you've done away with sin!  So in essence people are saying Jesus did away with sin and there is no such thing as sin any longer.  Are we living in a sinless world? I don't know about you, but I'm not!

The TRUE essence of every single one of the ten moral laws is LOVE- love for GOD and love for Man.

Luk 10:25  And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Luk 10:26  He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

Luk 10:27  And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

Luk 10:28  And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

Love. 

To do away with the ten moral laws- the ten commandments the laws written by the FINGER of GOD- is to do away with love!

So how do we know if people are DISGUISED as ministers of righteousness but are anything but righteous? We know by God's word, by God's moral law, by the truth of our Savior.  

Ultimately all the works of everyone will be revealed. Ultimately the hidden truths of everyone will come to light and be seen. The pretend minister of righteousness will be exposed as a deceiver and while a person may cry out they were deceived and didn't know better, our Savior can point to His word and tell them the truth was in there and they failed to search for it with all their heart.

Satan and his deceivers will do EVERYTHING they can to deceive, we are powerless on our own to keep from being deceived. We need God's truth! We need His word!  Is it any wonder people all over our world DIE to read God's word?

Would you die for God's word?

May the HOLY SPIRIT guide us to ALL TRUTH!

May we not be numbered among the deceived. May we NOT be found wearing sheep clothing.

Please heavenly Father, we would be YOURS, wholly YOURS through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior- Your only begotten Son!

Now and forever!

Amen!!!!!!!

Miracles can be deception

"It is indicated that those on the side of the Lamb "are called, and chosen, and faithful." (17:14) Little do we realize what faithfulness in that hour will mean. To all appearances, Christ has come. Spiritual wonders convince the eye. "   ((( The FALSE CHRIST that many will fall victim too))))

Mat_24:24  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall DECEIVE the very elect.

2Co_11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is TRANSFORMED into an angel of light.

Rev 13:13  And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

Rev 13:14  And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

There will be MIRACLES and they will NOT be from God! Miracle, real miracles, real supernatural occurrences that will take place right before our eyes.  It's hard nowadays to keep anything spectacular from the public eye, right? Something amazing happens whether it's amazingly awful or amazingly wonderful and it's in the news, it's 'gone viral' online, it's all over the 'twitterverse' on our phones, it's everywhere you look. We will see the miracles the wonderful, wonderful miracles.  The deception of those miracles will be GREAT! We know ALL but God's very ELECT will be deceived! So what makes us think we can be among God's very elect?  God's grace! God's mercy! These alone through the power of our Savior let us know that it is possible for us to be among His elect. God WILL have an elect. God WILL have a people here on earth alive when He returns.

Spiritual wonders will be DECEIVING the majority of people. We will be called OUTCASTS! We will be called CHRIST HATERS! We will be called the DECEIVED! We will be called UNLOVING! We will be called every awful hateful name there is by those who believe they are following God and loving Jesus Christ. This is truth. This is what we have to look forward to. The days prior to our Savior's return will NOT be pleasant ones for God's people, not pleasant at all in the way we imagine things being okay in our lives. Things will NOT be okay, not for those who follow truth and aren't deceived by the lies headed our way.

Our eyes will want to deceive us, our hearts will long for us to follow what the majority are following, we'll want to fit in with others, we'll want to believe the wonderful, miraculous lies being told, being seen. And we can't for one minute let ourselves believe that we won't be allowed to witness the miracles up very close and personal. Can you let yourself imagine a loved one being healed of a horrible illness right before our eyes, and us saying that miracle, that healing wasn't of God? It could happen!  We can't bury our heads in the sand and let ourselves NOT think of the reality that is just around the corner for us. To NOT comprehend will mean to allow ourselves to be more susceptible to being deceived. We need to see the truth! We need to know BEFORE, not during, not after, but BEFORE these things happen. Please LORD help us be prepared for the final hours before Your return! Prepare us with YOUR TRUTH! Let the Holy Spirit guide us and NOT because we deserve it, but because we do NOT deserve it. Our Savior died so we could LIVE and it's through HIM that we have HOPE of Your return, of being YOURS when You return! You are our HOPE now and forever, our HOPE.

Open our hearts, open our minds all to Your TRUTH, to YOUR LOVE!

In Jesus' name now and forever!

Amen!