BBD 07.20.15 Until Jesus Returns (Classic)
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The Burning
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Classic
from 2011
07.20.15
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 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.
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