Faith

We don't know exactly what the days ahead of us hold in store, but we have some ideas that get us pretty close. What's coming is a storm. This will be no ordinary rainshower, it will be a supernatural storm coming separately from our Lord (wrath/judgement) and the devil ( attempting his satanic playground on earth).

We know that the Lord is going to send a great delusion to this world so that those who did not love the truth will believe a lie instead. They live by lies and they will die by them. What about us who live by faith, what should we expect and how should we deal with it?

What we should expect. If the coming of the Son of man is going to be just like the days of Noah and Lot, I guess we could ask how much "hell on earth" they dealt with before going into the ark/leaving Sodom. It appears from the bible that their "trial" before physically departing the destruction zones was to be vexed in their spirits at the wickedness and vile living around them.

2 Peter 2:5 and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, having made them an example unto those that should live ungodly; 7 and delivered righteous Lot, sore distressed by the lascivious life of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds): 9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;

We've heard warnings about terrible times coming to this world and I do not doubt that there will be incredibly bad days in the future. Question is, if Noah and Lot did'nt go through some gauntlet to get out of Sodom or go into the Ark, should we expect to? We will have tribulation, its always been here and will always be here except in the future it will be on steroids, but tribulation Jesus promised to us all is a far cry from the time of JACOB's trouble to come. Speaking of Jacob's trouble, I find it interesting how its specifically the JEWS who are the most vocal opponents of the pre-flood, pre-fire and brimstone, pre-Jacob's trouble escape of the church. Guess who invented the satanic "pre-wrath" rapture concept where (according to them) Jesus actually does Satan's work for him (opens the seals="satan's wrath"???) a Jew came up with that, his name is Marvin Rosenthal. Basically that view is that we get bodyslammed, hunted and executed through most of the 70th week of Daniel (<--the pre-wrath version of "blessed hope"?)then when its all about done, we escape nothing (most of its over) and go to heaven. Now there's another jewish guy named "Michael Rood" running around in some costume fresh out of paul and jan crouch's "holy land" theme park, telling us the same thing. Modern day jewish guys running around telling christians there will be no escape from all-classic, just classic. Perhaps they failed to read Luke 21:36, Rev 3:10, the stories of Noah and Lot, the redeemed rewarded men in heaven pre-Rev 6 etc etc etc etc or they decided these were "inconvenient truths" and decided to skip their rocks over those pieces of the bible.

Don't get me wrong, the true Israelites who have the heart of our Father in heaven I embrace as brothers. But Jews who are jews in name only, who are actually a synagogue of satan, they are an entirely different cup of tea. Do you find it interesting that the same church promised to be kept from the hour of trial (philadelphia) was ALSO told that the jews in name only would be forced down on their knees to worship before the church's feet?

Rev 3: 9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 10 Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth

For Jesus to force these so called jews down on their knees to worship at our feet he must be REALLY upset with them for what they've tried to do us (rob steal kill destroy like their father the devil). So called christianity panders and drools all over anything called "jewish" today. Was it not the Jews who rejected and crucified our Lord? They had our Lord right in front of them, they watched him heal the sick and raise the dead and they still did'nt believe. But somehow today anything called "jewish" must be worshipped? The jews will eventually come around, after the Lord drops a furnace of affliction on their heads and destroys most of them in the process, a remnant (as always) will come out believing.

Can you imagine what the anti-defamation league would do to Jesus today for saying that these so called jews will come and worship before our feet? Its a fact, its going to happen, Jesus said it, not me. There is a synagogue of satan mentioned the VERSE BEFORE we are told we will be kept from the hour of trial. It must really get under the skin of the so called jews that those of us found worthy will escape all that's about to happen while they enter THEIR (Jacob's) time of trouble. My Lord was a jew, but he gave us a NEW covenant written in his blood. When he said he came to fulfill the requirements of the old covenant he meant it and HE DID fulfill the requirements. He never told us to obey the Torah, NOWHERE can you find that in our blood bought covenant. The synagogue of satan today is still trying to drag people back into the same legalistic system they themselves could not obey.

The synagogue of satan is just one of many adversaries facing the church today in our pre-flood days. Regardless of what we face in the days ahead we must remember how our Lord told us to stand. How is that?

Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

We stand armored with truth, righteousness, the gospel, and above all the SHIELD OF FAITH.

Did you read that "above all" part? FAITH. It's the shield of FAITH that allows us to quench how many of the fiery darts of the enemy? ALL OF THEM.

In the days ahead, whatever the enemy throws at this world, remember how you are to stand. Remember what your armor is and how you slice through the lies and deception of the enemy with the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.

grace and peace