Posted on 02/06/2024 7:35:20 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski
Luke 21:34 “…and that this day will not come on you suddenly, like a trap [snare]; 35 for it will come upon all those who live on the face of all the earth. 36 But stay alert at all times, praying that you will have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Escape! This is Jesus Christ’s last message to his larger group of followers, including us. He calls us to have the strength to escape. Escape from what? Escape from the snares drawing the world into judgment. Escape from all the judgments coming on the earth mentioned in Luke 17, Matthew 24, and Luke 21, and Revelation.
Jesus said the days immediately preceding His coming would be like the days of Noah and the days of Lot (Sodom and Gamorrah). He foretold of a Globalist Beast political system that would rise up bringing moral depravity, sexual degeneracy, deceptions, false teachings, false prophesies, false anointings, love of self, great wars, earthquakes, devastating world wide destruction, sicknesses in increasing numbers, and hearts failing because of fear. Jesus told us to watch and pray that we have strength to escape the snares and not be judged with the world.
Some may think Jesus Christ’s admonition for us to escape is at odds with His other message of being salt and light to a fallen world. Or that it contracts living among unbelievers as examples of God’s grace, love, and redemptive power. Can we be a witness for Christ and simultaneously escape? Absolutely! While we let our lights shine before men, in a thousand different ways each day we escape...
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AMEN!
Many may have noticed I put Luke 21:34-36 as a reference at the end of several of my posts, for years now.
I DO believe the season is upon us. So many distractions in this life, it’s difficult for me to focus as well.
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