Wedding joy turns to great sorrow and mourning
1Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof
4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
10The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
11There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
12In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Isaiah 24
Yes and Amen
ReplyDeleteThese are indeed heavy days on ones soul.
With heavier days to come, much heavier.
And they shall hear no more in the land the voice of the bridegroom and the bride, saying come repent, turn to God and be saved...Amen
ReplyDeleteA stormy weekend across much of the USA. This seems to proceed each visit of our government officials to the Mideast. As our leaders wratchet up their efforts this week with more visits to Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt,this may be an eventful week also on the weather front as God, looking down upon the earth from the heavens, sees Israel being boxed in further to negociate with terrorists.
ReplyDeleteTornado's in the midsection of our nation, wildfires in the West again. We have had over 4 inches of rain here in West Virginia in 1 1/2 days of storms. This is in addition to 3 inches of rain just a week ago. It is as if God is trying to wash away the iniquity and sin from the land before Yeshua returns! Look up! Our redemption draws nigh!
The day is coming and already is, that we should offer prayers to our Father for protection of our dwelling places and the dwelling places of those we love and hold dear.
He know those who are His and He will cover us with the shadow of His wings.
mtzion@hughes.net jrpeacher
It's seems we are in the beginning of sorrows (Matthew 24:8). In Matthew 24:12 Jesus our great God and king warns that because lawlessness will abound the love of many will grow cold! I want to encourage you my beloved brethren that our Heavenly Father's love never grows cold and we are called to be steadfast immovable always abounding in the work of the lord. (1Cor 15:58). Let us examine our hearts daily to make sure we have not lost our first love as the chuch at Ephesus had done.(Rev 2:4)
ReplyDeleteOur Father's purpose in everthing that he does is to turn hearts from darkness(disobedience)to light(obedience-the wisdom of the just). If that is not our goal we have lost our first love. If we have, then Our merciful Savior would say: " Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place--unless you repent."(Rev 2:5) Praise God for his mercy to us. We all have times of dryness even outright wikedness( which ought not be), but the Lord gives us space to repent. Let us never forget from where we came from and what the Lord our God has done for us and all he has forgiven us.(read Eze:16) Let us not be like the wicked servent who would not forgive his fellow servent in Matthew 18. Lawlessness is definitely abounding today and it is very easy to take offense especially as Americans(Babylonians) who have been raised from our youths to be prideful and arrogant. Kill that pride, crucify it, nail it to the cross, cast it away like the vile filth that it is. Put on Christ. Be clothed in humility.(1Pet 5:5) Speak evil of no man.(Titus 3:2) Nothing happens or will happen to us that our Father, the great "I Am" does not allow.(Matt 10:29) We need not be afraid.(Matt 10:31) It is Our Father's good pleasure to give us the kingdom little children!(Luke 12:32) Let us do the first works and with love for our God and his kingdom first, call many to repentence! Jesus shed his blood for the whole world, that he may save as many as would hear and repent. Do not lose heart my beloved brethren. Be of good courage. Serve the Lord with all your heart! May God give us all the grace and courage to go through until the end. With His love in our hearts let us proclaim the gospel to this lost world.
"Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people-- saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water." Rev 14:6-7 My spirit is joined to you all my brethren. May all our hearts be knit together in love. We have need of one another. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits, Amen
We had a 70%chance for rain which we need real bad but got none,just lots of heavy wind.
ReplyDeleteI wake up to learn that a number of fires are burning south east of my location.
The Lord has been trying to teach me to rejoice no matter what.
Habbakuk's testimony should be ours and we should remember that even God's elect like Elijah had to endure famine and drought and being marked for death by his own government,his own brother's and sister's.
drought,famine fires earthquakes,pestilence and war,destruction and death.
That is the immediate future for America (unless you believe the politician's and preachers) and without Jesus we won't stand.
He is sweeping away the refuge of lies and He is shaking everything.
Those Christian's who fell for the early rapture lie are the virgins who chose other's to hold their oil for them.
They never really learned the nature of the God they claim to serve.
There is no way you can really know the word of God and believe an early escape rapture.
Soon the deceived Christian's will find out how empty lies do not make for a good foundation to weather the storm's now pounding us.
Speak evil of no man ,but do expose the false idols God's people cling to and bow to in the hopes they will turn from worship of man to worship God alone.
I do not reverence evil men,wolves who prat about as lambs ,who so easily seduce God's people who have no discernment whatsoever and who respect evil and decievers.
I hope I would have spoken out against Hitler also and other leaders who capture backslid saints into a trance which leads them to hell.
If you have a chance read "The Seperation of Truth and State' which I have linked above.
I see many many sincere ,decieved fellow Christians who will bow to the state and assume wrongly that God will give them a pass.
Shadrach,Meshach and Abed-Nego, along with Daniel set the example for us all to follow.
We cannot serve two masters and soon the Lord will test us all as He has always tested His people in the past.
Better to be an alien whose citizenship is in heaven than a citizen of the nation's under the wrath of God.