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Luke
21: [25] And there shall be signs in the
sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations,
with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; [26] Men's hearts
failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on
the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. [27] And then shall
they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. [28]
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your
heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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The Apostle Paul had a deep spiritual burden for his own people,
the nation of Israel.
His born again heart longed for them to forsake their unbelief by
turning to Jesus as
their Messiah. He expresses this desire in Romans 10:1 as he states:
"Brethren, my hearts
desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved." There
is no question
that Paul saw Israel as being in unbelief. But he knew that some future
day they would
believe, and consequently be grafted back into God's olive tree, from
which they had been
broken off because of their unbelief. He stated this principle in
Romans 11:20, as he
wrote: "Well, because of unbelief they were broken off." But he goes on
in verse 23 to
indicate they will one day believe, and thereby restored to being part
of God's olive
tree. He writes, "And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief,
shall be grafted
in: for God is able to graft them in again." I said all this to explain
the words "they"
and "them" in I Thessalonians 5:3, where Paul states: "For when they
shall say, Peace and
safety; then sudden destruction cometh on them, as travail upon a woman
with child; and
they shall not escape." Paul, in his use of "they" and "them," is
referring to the nation
of Israel in unbelief. However, it would also in part apply to all
unbelievers in the
last days. So why have I given this discourse? The word translated as
"safety" is
"asphaleia," which means "the security one experiences when standing on
something
that is firmly fixed. It gives the one standing on it a sense of "not
falling."
The last four leaders of Israel have worn out the following expression:
"We must have a
peace with security." We have heard it used hundreds of times on the
media, and it has
been printed over and over again in countless articles. Why is this
important? God
indicates a time will come when Israel actually believes she has "a
peace with security."
Why is it so important that we understand this prediction? Because we
can know that the
final war, involving Israel's Islamic neighbors, will not occur until it
is fulfilled! Israel must be lulled into a
false sense of security before any united Islamic attack against her can
be successful.
Until this happens, and it will, I merely wait for it to come to pass.
Then, when peace
and security for Israel does appear to arrive in the Middle East, you
can know that the
final war of this age is about to occur. Don't believe all these
terrorist attacks
will suddenly cause the final war of this age to begin. It is only
when they cease that
you can know the last war, which finally produces Armageddon some 3 and
½ years after it
begins, is imminent.
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Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
II Timothy 2:15.
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Isaiah 56:
[7] Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them
joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall
be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house
of prayer for all people.
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This is the church where I pastor.
First Missionary Baptist Church
3320 North 2nd Street
Rogers, Arkansas 72756
Pastor: Kenneth Sanders
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