Saturday, March 7, 2015

THE LORD'S DEVASTATION OF THE EARTH

(Isaiah 24)
See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it;
He will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants--
It will be the same for priest as for people,
For master as for servant,
For mistress as for maid,
For seller as for buyer,
For borrower as for lender,
For debtor as for creditor.

The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered.
The Lord has spoken this word.
The World dries up and withers,
The World languishes and withers,
The exalted of the earth languish.
The earth is Defiled by its people;
They have Disobeyed the laws, Violated the statutes
AND BROKEN THE EVERLASTING COVENANT.

Therefore a curse consumes the earth;
Its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
The new wine dries up and the vine withers;
All the merrymakers groan.
The gaiety of the tambourines is stilled,
The noise of the revelers has stopped,
The joyful harp is silent.
No longer do they drink wine with a song;
The beer is bitter to its drinkers.

The ruined city lies desolate;
The entrance to every house is barred.
In the streets they cry out for wine;
All joy turns to gloom, all gaiety is banished from the earth.
The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.

So it will be on the earth and among the nations,
As when an olive tree is beaten,
Or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.

They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
From the west they acclaim the Lord's majesty.
Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
Exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Israel,
In the islands of the sea.
From the ends of the earth we hear singing;
'Glory to the Righteous One.'

[This is the Bride of Christ, in the Desert, protected there by God [Rev. 12],
Rejoicing over the defeat of the Enemies of God
In the midst of The Great Tribulation.]

But I said, 'I waste away, I waste away!
Woe to me!
The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!'
Terror and pit and snare await you,
O people of the earth.

Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit;
Whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare.
The floodgates of the heavens are opened,
The foundations of the earth shake.
The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder,
The earth is thoroughly shaken.
The earth reals like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind;
So heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls--
Never to rise again.

IN THAT DAY the Lord will punish the powers in the heavens above
And the kings on the earth below.
They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon;
The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed;
For the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And before its elders, gloriously. (Isaiah 24)

Why is all this Devastation going to happen?
Because as in the Days of Noah:

The Lord saw how great man's Wickedness on the earth had become,
And every inclination of the thoughts of his heart
Was only Evil all the time.
The Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth,
And His heart was filled with pain.(Genesis 6:5,6)

Now the earth was Corrupt in God's sight and was full of Violence.
God saw how Corrupt the earth had become,
For ALL the people on earth had Corrupted their ways.
So God said to Noah, 'I AM going to put and End to ALL people,
For the earth is filled with Violence because of them.
I AM surely going to destroy both them and the earth. (Genesis 6:11-13)

Christ Jesus warned us all:
Be always on the Watch,
And pray that you will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,
And that you may be able TO STAND before the Son of Man. (Luke 21:36)

Today, the World is raging against God, rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)
This World in it's 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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