BBD 07.15.16 Until Jesus Returns (Classic)
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Classic from 2011
Burning Bush Devotional
15 July 2016
Until Jesus Returns
Therefore He said: “A certain
nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to
return. So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said
to them, ‘Do business till I come.’” - Luke 19:12-13 NKJV.
With the rise of the Islamic world, and with the current instability in the
Middle East, we see the rapid approach of the conditions necessary for the End
Times as described in the Bible to become reality. With Islam, we see
a radical, violent, religion that desires, and demands that all of the
world become Islamic. With Islam, we see a religion that believes that their
12th Imam (The Mahdi) will only come onto the scene through destruction
and chaos. The Islamic 12th Imam as currently described by Islamic leaders, has
similar characteristics to the antichrist described in the Book of Revelation.
It appears that there is very little standing in the way to prevent the
beginning of the seven years of tribulation.
The United States and Israel are the primary things holding back the Islamic
tide. However, the United States is rapidly being neutralized in regard to
support for Israel. It also appears that our liberal courts are making it
easier for the implementation of Sharia law in the United States.
It is only a matter of time before Israel is attacked by the Islamic countries
that surround the country, and by other countries that hate them. It may even
be a coalition of the willing sanctioned by the United Nations. When that
attack occurs it will be devastating for those countries attacking Israel. When
that devastating attack occurs; it will trigger, I believe, the rapture (Which
could occur, and I hope occurs, prior to the attack.), and the seven years of
tribulation. With that in mind, I want to address what we as believers should
be doing between now, and when these events occur.
First, we should be increasing in maturity as believers, becoming more and more
like Jesus. We are told this in 2 Peter
3:11-12, “Therefore, since all these things will be
dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and
godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of
which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt
with fervent heat?” In 2 Peter
3:14 we are told “Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be
found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless.”
Second, we are to evangelize the lost. Before Jesus ascended to heaven He
told His disciples their priorities in Acts 1:6-8, “Therefore, when they had come together, they
asked Him, saying, ‘Lord, will You
at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?’ And He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His
own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon
you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the end of the earth.’” Jesus made it clear that they were, and we are, to be
His witnesses.
Third, we are to encourage other believers. In Hebrews 10:24-25 we are told, “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some,
but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.’”
It is easy with all of the horrible things happening, and the prospect of
terror attacks in our own countries, to just throw up our hands, and think what
is the use of doing anything? We must not lose sight of our Lord's instructions.
The precise timing of the Lord's return is not important, although His return
is closer than ever before. What really counts is taking as many people to
heaven with us as we possibly can. What should you be doing when He returns?
Where should you be when the trumpet sounds, when the archangel shouts, when in
a twinkling of an eye we are changed, and rise into the clouds to meet Him?
What has the Lord given you to do? Do that. Do business until He returns.
(Here is a link to a page with much more information
about the Anti-Christ i.e. the 12th Iman or Mahdi: http://www.666soon.com/antichrist_and_the_12th_imam_or_.htm)
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