12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
12:4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
12:5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
12:6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
12:7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
12:12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
12:13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
12:14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
As I was driving this morning I thought how easily the American masses are persuaded by the pop culture and it occurred to me that there is pretty much no moral foundation left in people's lives so they are easily influenced by pop culture, by pop stars who themselves are often a chaotic mess.
I notice too that the speed of this decline is quickening in pace and at times my spirit witnesses to me that I may not need to consider my long-term future because I may not be here.
Gee, looks like the American media are trying to coronate Obama as the one for the job of anti-christ... they sure bow at his feet, they worship him as a Modern Man of The World.
Lovers of Reality and Truth... count me as one of those...
Once the Rapture of the Church takes place, Almighty God’s restraint will be removed
He will lead a global assault on Almighty God, decimate all ideologies tending toward truth, and eradicate the followers of Christ/.
Nothing wrong with preparing one's soul for the Day of Judgment, but claiming to know when is arrogant and foolish.
ping for later reading!
We cant know the day or the hour OF THE RAPTURE, but its clear that we can know when it is near, even at the doors. The second coming at the end of the tribulation period CAN BE KNOWN, just count the days/years from the time the antichrist signs the peace treaty with Israel.
Ping!