Posted on 10/11/2015 7:05:12 AM PDT by metmom
What is going on? What does the future hold? Is the world coming to an end—really?
I don’t know about you, but I take great comfort in God’s sovereignty. We don’t get a vote (I don’t want to be in charge anyway) and all this is way above my pay grade (I can’t even fix me). The fact is, like it or not… God is God. Our King goes wherever he wants, and does whatever he wants, and whenever and however he wants.
And rest assured. When all is said and done, God’s kingdom will not end.
“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken, and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:29-30).
Jesus has already been given all power and authority in the world (Matthew 28:18), but because of his patience and kindness, his hand is restrained. Peter said, “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief” (2 Peter 3:9-10).
Jesus said that the kingdom could be compared to a field in which a farmer had sowed good seed. While the farmer was asleep, an enemy came and sowed some weeds in the same field. When the seeds began to grow, the weeds intermingled with the wheat and the field was a mess. When the slaves saw what had happened, they told the farmer and suggested that they pull the weeds: “But he said, ‘No; lest while you are gathering up the tares, you may root up the wheat with them. Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn’” (Matthew 13:29-30).
If I were not a subject of the King, I would be terribly afraid. But for those of us who serve God, the kingdom’s message is one of great joy and comfort.
Jesus told us to pray, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). Someday that prayer will be gloriously answered. Someday he will return. Someday the King will claim his total sovereign rule. “The Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful” (Revelation 17:14).
Someday a trumpet will sound, and we who belong to the King will look up, and his ultimate reign will begin.
Someone told me recently about two pastors who were conducting a funeral together. One pastor was to read the Scripture and lead a prayer, and then the other pastor was to give the eulogy. As the prayer was coming to an end, the pastor who was to give the eulogy realized he had left his notes in his office two floors above the chapel. He slipped up behind the pastor who was praying and whispered in his ear, “I’m leaving. Keep praying until I get back.” That prayer was one of the longest in the history of that church, but eventually the pastor found his notes and returned to the pulpit to deliver a successful eulogy.
I have often thought about the pastor’s words, “Keep praying until I get back.” Jesus said the same thing to us. He said, “I’ll be back soon… Keep on praying until I return. Keep on keeping on until I get there.”
It’s sometimes scary. You don’t know when Jesus is coming back to clean up the mess. And frankly, you’re not sure how much longer you can keep on keeping on. But don’t worry. It won’t be so long that you’ll have to give up.
As a Christian, you have already read the end of the story. If you dream of a time when the earth will be free, justice will be perfect and men will be good, you should keep on dreaming. It is a dream that will some day be a reality.
God wins. His kingdom will not end. Jesus will return.
And you can count on it.
Time to Draw Away
Read Matthew 6:25-34, John 16:33 & Revelation 21:1-4
We know the future. We can hold onto the One who is in charge of that future. And the future God controls is bright. He has promised. And he can be trusted.
I'm not quite sure that the originator of this thread had that kind of response in mind, but: Well played, sir!
Regards,
You are too complacent. Your America will come to a bad end unless you wake up. God is not protecting America any more. Islam is marching across the world you remember.
I appreciated the humor......
Who’s complacent?
If God is not protecting America any more, then it is what it is, but that doesn’t mean those of us who are His are going to just lay down and take it.
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but spiritual. That’s where the real battle is going on. The physical is just the outworking of the spiritual battle that is happening.
And yes, we will fight. Physically, if necessary, at the voting booth, in our workplaces and our homes where we’ll stand up for what’s right and have integrity in what we do and say.
Women and minorities hardest hit
I encountered this on another thread and liked it.
A LOT!!!!
Don’t ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness.
Buddy you cannot see that you are already taking it (defeat) slowly, at the moment. But that is only temporary. The enemies of America have their weapons at the ready,now.
Do not count on God to defend you if you will not defend yourself.
no , but Obama did do and still doing a ton of damage
Absolutely we can count on God to defend us.
What it physical is temporal, what is unseen is eternal.
If you’re thinking this world is the end all and be all of existence, you have a point but if you realize this world and our life in it is a blip in eternity, then even if a battle is lost, the war is already won.
Those who crucified Jesus thought they won. He looked defeated from a worldly perspective.
I would suggest reading (or re-reading) the book of Revelation to see how it ends and find out who really is defeated.
That’s true, and God tells us that it will get a lot worse before it gets better.
That’s the reality of it.
But I read the back of the book and we win.
And obama will have an eternity to contemplate his errors and regret them.
And just what do you propose we do to counter it?
What actions do you think we should take that we are not?
Don’t be just an armchair quarterback.
Most scientists say we have about 3.5 billion years before the sun enters its red giant stage. Funny, most scientists also say the solar system is about 3.5 billion years old.
When you study Bible prophecies, you see patterns over and over. One pattern is this recurring 3 1/2 year/unit thing. You have a 3 1/2 year period, an occurrence or event of some kind, and then another 3 1/2 period before some really climatic event.
The 3 1/2 unit is a division of 7. The number 7 and its multiples or divisions are seen throughout the scriptures. Fascinating!
Think of how fortunate we believers are whatever becomes of this world and time. Those who reject God and His wisdom will be inheriting a rude awakening, They will really, really miss us then but hoping many will see the Light and believe before their demise.
“The 3 1/2 unit is a division of 7. The number 7 and its multiples or divisions are seen throughout the scriptures. Fascinating!”
Just like the craps tables in Vegas:
“Seven out - line away!”
In journalism school we were taught to not start your article with a “yes” or “no” question. In this case, those who answer “no” will just skip the article,
I’ll spend my last minutes selecting “targets” in my Leopold.
Their loss.
Did God punish us with Obama or just let the nation experience its own folly embodied in the charlatan fraud and his adoring morons and hacks? Well the ancient Israelites had their share of wicked kings and rulers too. Its just that we are close to the end of an age before Messiah returns.
MY America?
Is it not yours?
Islam is a threat world wide.
Just what are you doing on a practical level to fight it and change things?
My wife and I are trying to get closer to Him than we’ve ever been. And not care about what is happening in this world. I’m not in charge of that.
Whenever anything happens that doesn’t seem right to us we simply say “It must be His will.”
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