PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO STAND

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!