A Call To Perseverance!

Hebrews 10:19-39

Therefore, brothers [and sisters],

Since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place

By the blood of Jesus,

By a New and Living WAY opened for us through the curtain,

That is His body,

And since we have a Great Priest [Christ Jesus] over The House Of God,

Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith,

Having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience

And having our bodies washed with pure water.

Let us hold unswervingly to the Hope we profess,

For He [Christ] who promised is faithful.

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love

And good deeds.

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing,

But let us encourage one another--

And all the more as you see The Day approaching.

If we deliberately keep on sinning

After we have received the knowledge of the truth,

No sacrifice for sins is left, but only judgment and of raging fire

That will consume the enemies of God.

Anyone who rejected the Law of Moses died without mercy

On the testimony of two or three witnesses.

How much more severely do you think a man [or woman]

Deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot,

Who has treated as an unholy thing the Blood of the Covenant

That sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of Grace?

For we know Him who said, 'It is Mine to avenge; I will repay,'

And again, 'The Lord will judge His people.'

It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God.

Remember those earlier days after you had received the Light,

When you stood your ground in a GREAT CONTEST in the face of suffering.

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution;

At other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.

You sympathized with those in prison

And joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property,

Because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God,

You will receive what He has promised.

For in just a very little while,

'He Who is coming will come and will not delay.

But My righteous one [every Christian who belongs to Christ]

Will live by faith.

And if he shrinks back, I will not be please with him.'

But we are not o those who shrink back and are destroyed,

But of those who believe and are saved. (Hebrews 10:19-39)

Today, as we approach The Day;

The Day that Christ Jesus returns and reclaims His earth

And ends the six thousand years of God working with mankind

And ushers in The Day Of REST, The Millennium;

We must be prepared and we must persevere through what lies ahead.

The saints of every generation have had their trials.

We are about to witness the hour of trial

That is going to come upon the whole world

To test those who live on the earth. (Revelation 3:10)

If we keep the commands of Christ Jesus and endure patiently

We will be kept from this “TRIAL,” as Christ Jesus promised.

However, those who ignore the time we are living in

Will be greatly disillusioned; Many will fall away from the faith

Because God does not meet their expectations—

They did not anticipate suffering, persecution;

Betrayal by their family members, relatives and friends.

They did not anticipate the collapse of the society around them.

Yet, it is all in The Book! We have all been told! It is no secret!

Those who have preached only the goodness of God

And not holiness and the consequence of sin will be no where to be found.

Or worse, they will be part of the great apostasy and rebellion against God

That Daniel and the apostle Paul foretold.

Christ Jesus promised to come like a thief!

He came to the Ten Virgins like a thief!

Five were prepared and five were not! That is how it will be!

I pray that all who read this will be prepared, awake and watching

As Christ Jesus told us to be.

Today, the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)

Save yourself from this corrupt generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!