My photograph above shows a busy but not violent Hawaiian surf with soft floating clouds that remind me of God's glory, Remember, the presence of God was represented by a cloud to the ancient Israelites (Exodus 13:21 and Exodus 19:9). Whenever I see or paint clouds, I feel very spiritual and I am reminded of God. It is too bad that many people give no thought to God, except maybe when they take His name in vain. America is no longer the country I grew up in over 50 years ago. The other day I was watching news videos and also videos about Bible prophecy and their fulfillment in the present time and in the near future, and for some reason I got really upset and bothered more than usual about just how bad things are right now. As a Christian, I know all the promises of God for believers and the hope of eternal life in heaven, so I don't usually get so upset about all the chaos going on in the present because of the soul-peace that faith in Christ gives me. I had to get away from all the bad news and pour over the comforting Scriptures immediately to calm my troubled spirit. It was more a feeling of despair and sorrow over all of the evil going on that upset me, and not so much a spirit of fear.
So many lost souls out there are going to perish in the Tribulation period unless they come to their senses and accept Jesus as their Savior. Let me just share three Scriptures in the book of Revelation that describes just one of many judgments of destruction to take place in the Tribulation. You might want to read all of Revelation chapter eight, but here are verses 7 to 9 of that chapter: (7) "The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. (8) And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; (9) And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed." God's wrath against wicked mankind is being poured out here; you do not want to go through the Tribulation ! I digressed a little here because I wanted to emphasize actual Scriptures instead of just providing where to find them because, quite frankly, a lot of readers would not look them up in their Bibles; if they have a Bible, that is. You Christians need to be witnessing to these lost souls with the Gospel of Jesus Christ before the Rapture occurs, which will be soon. If you are like myself, you may have family members who are not yet saved. Pray for them. Share the Gospel with them. Live a godly life and be a good example to them so they may want the peace and joy that you experience as a believer.
So many lost souls out there are going to perish in the Tribulation period unless they come to their senses and accept Jesus as their Savior. Let me just share three Scriptures in the book of Revelation that describes just one of many judgments of destruction to take place in the Tribulation. You might want to read all of Revelation chapter eight, but here are verses 7 to 9 of that chapter: (7) "The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. (8) And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; (9) And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed." God's wrath against wicked mankind is being poured out here; you do not want to go through the Tribulation ! I digressed a little here because I wanted to emphasize actual Scriptures instead of just providing where to find them because, quite frankly, a lot of readers would not look them up in their Bibles; if they have a Bible, that is. You Christians need to be witnessing to these lost souls with the Gospel of Jesus Christ before the Rapture occurs, which will be soon. If you are like myself, you may have family members who are not yet saved. Pray for them. Share the Gospel with them. Live a godly life and be a good example to them so they may want the peace and joy that you experience as a believer.
When you are troubled by world events, just remember that God is still in control and always will be. Things that are occurring now were long ago prophesied in God's Word, and must take place to fulfill those prophecies. "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." - Jesus speaking at Matthew 24:13. But take note, you must have put your faith in Jesus Christ as your Savior and as the Lord of your life in order to be saved.
In my previous post, I had indicated that I would talk more about Revelation and Daniel's 70 weeks, but I ran across two bits of information about Brexit, and how Britain is now able to fulfill prophecy found in Ezekiel 38; so I decided to write about that first instead. More on Revelation and Daniel later in another post. Many scholars believe that Britain is what is referred to as "the merchants of Tarshish" at Ezekiel 38:13. Also, in that same verse, it mentions about "Tarshish , with all the young lions thereof." It is believed that the young lions are past colonies from Britain, like North America and Australia and Canada. If true, that would mean that America is in Bible prophecy after all. Here is a link for an excellent article by prophecy expert Bill Salus on this very subject.
By the way, I highly recommend that you purchase a book by Bill Salus titled, "The Now Prophecies" found at Amazon and other places. The author attempts to put various prophecies in a rough order in terms of when they occur. Some things could happen right now (like the Rapture of the Church) and others need more time to occur, to reach fulfillment when the time is right.
Below is a short 9 minute video about Bible prophecies which also mentions Brexit and how it is timely in terms of these last days we find ourselves living in.
"Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." - James 5:8
