But
take heed to yourselves and be on your guard
Lest
your hearts be overburdened and depressed--
Weighed
down—with the giddiness and headache and nausea
Of
self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries
And
cares pertaining to (the business of ) life,
And
THAT DAY come upon you suddenly like a TRAP or a NOOSE;
FOR
IT WILL COME UPON ALL
WHO
LIVE UPON THE FACE OF THE ENTIRE EARTH.
KEEP
AWAKE and THEN WATCH AT ALL TIMES
(That
is, be discreet, attentive and ready);
Praying
that you may have the full strength and ability
And
be accounted worthy TO ESCAPE ALL THESE THINGS
[Taken
together] that will take place,
AND
TO STAND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SON OF MAN.
(Luke
21:34-36, AMP)
And
they asked Him, Teacher, when will this happen,
And
what sign will there be when this is about to occur?
And
He said, Be on your guard and be careful
THAT
YOU ARE NOT LED ASTRAY;
For
many will come in My Name
(Appropriating
to themselves the name) [Messiah] which belongs to Me),
Saying,
I am He! And, The Time Is At Hand!
DO
NOT GO AFTER THEM.
And
when you hear of wars and insurrections—
Disturbances,
disorder and confusion--
DO
NOT BECOME ALARMED AND PANIC STRICKEN AND TERRIFIED;
For
all this must take place first,
But
the END will not [come] immediately.
Then
He told them, Nation will rise against Nation,
And
kingdom against kingdom. [II Chron. 15:6; Isa. 19:2.]
There
will be mighty and violent earthquakes,
And
in various places famines and pestilences
(Plagues,
malignant and contagious or infectious epidemic diseases,
Deadly
and devastation).
And
there will be sights of TERROR and Great Signs from Heaven.
BUT
PREVIOUS TO ALL THIS
They
will lay their hands on you and PERSECUTE YOU,
Turning
you over to the Synagogues and Prisons,
And
you will be led away before kings and governors
FOR
MY NAMES SAKE.
This
will be a time (an opportunity) for you TO BEAR TESTIMONY.
Resolve
and settle it in your minds,
Not
to meditate and prepare beforehand how you are to make your defense
And
how you will answer;
For
I [Myself] will give you a mouth and such utterance and wisdom
As
all of your foes combined will be unable to stand against or refute.
You
will be delivered up and betrayed even by Parents, and Brothers
And
Relatives and Friends,
And
[some] of you WILL BE PUT TO DEATH.
And
you will be HATED (despised) BY EVERYONE
BECAUSE
YOU BEAR MY NAME AND FOR ITS SAKE.
But
not a hair of your head shall perish. [I Sam. 14:45.]
By
your Steadfastness and Patient Endurance
YOU
SHALL WIN THE TRUE LIFE OF YOUR SOULS. (Luke 21:7-19, AMP)
This
is what I believe lies directly ahead for us living at this time.
American Society is
becoming more and more anti-Christ--
This
Social Pressure is already causing may Christians
To
become APOSTATES--DENYING THE WORD OF GOD,
And
Christ Jesus, Who is that Word.
Many
Christians are Indistinguishable from the World
In
their manner of life.
When
the World's Financial System FAILS,
Disillusionment
will spread like wildfire,
HATRED
toward Christians will become EPIDEMIC.
That
is when Christians will be betrayed
By
Parents, Brothers, Relatives and Friends.
Christians
who will not CONFORM to the World's “GROUP THINK,”
Will
be ANATHEMA!
Those
who REFUSE to receive the “mark” of the Beast
And
to worship him will be ANATHEMA!
Today,
America's Entire Society is being driven,
By
Satan, and his emissaries
To
accept his anti-Christ, “GROUP THINK.”
This
reality is at EVERY LEVEL of America's Society.
From
the Highest to the Lowest.
When
America's and the World's Financial System Fails
The
HATRED toward Christians--the only hold outs—the Moral Prudes--
Will
increase IMMEASURABLY,
Producing
what Christ Jesus WARNED ABOUT.
This
is Satan's TRAP for godless humanity.
It
is at this time that Satan presents his son, the Beast of Revelation,
As
the “savior” of the World.
It
is God's Powerful Delusion for those
WHO
REFUSE TO LOVE THE TRUTH [2 Thessalonians 2:10-12].
Today,
the World is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
This
World in its present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father, Your Kingdom
come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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