When you know it's not good in the United States, you know it's worse elsewhere in the world. America has lost her way as her light grows dim, and as a result, this world is having to endure quite a few collisions that are sending ripples of ever-increasing magnitude across the planet.
In three of the written gospels, Jesus speaks of future events that will take place on the planet and what signs will be given so that we may know the certainty of the times. These times are also mentioned in the writings of various old prophets, and many recent “prophets” have claimed to be able to translate the prophecies accurately. Take them all with a grain of salt and remain fixed upon the scriptures and please avoid the end-of-the-age book sales! Profits are always sought out, even in the worst of times!
We need to know that we are to remain faithful to Jesus until the end, to the Lord Jesus, and not to pursue after men and their teachings. Many will come, saying, I am the Christ, but Jesus meant that they would be acknowledging Him, not claiming to be him. If only men would learn the Scriptures instead of pursuing after their own imaginations… Jesus spoke of the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the Romans and their legions. How those who believed in Him would be given the window of opportunity to flee the city before it was to be destroyed, and that did occur when the besieging armies withdrew before regrouping again. And the believers fled just as Jesus warned them to do. Then, He spoke of the disciples and followers being persecuted throughout the eons and how they would stand before governors, magistrates, kings, and others as witnesses. We can also easily follow those events.
And then He reveals to us our times, and here we are, standing within the pages of the book of Revelation as these events unfold before our eyes. And the global fearmongering is casting great fear and anxiety into the hearts of billions, just as He said would happen. But we have not quite yet reached the end, though we are very close. You see, time, for us, is a clock on the wall, but for God, He is outside of time, which is why we need to understand that His ways are not our ways, and His thoughts are greater than our thoughts. His intelligence and the depth of his knowledge cannot be fathomed, nor can we comprehend his excellent greatness and exceedingly great power. All of our works are as nothing in his sight, and we are mere tendrils of fog quickly dissipating under the warming sun; such are our lives in His sight.
Nonetheless, He created us for a reason: to share Himself with man as a Father would with His children. But these children became an evil brood and have sought from the beginning to cast away his chords. And yet, in His great love, mercy and compassion, He has withheld His hand from destroying them as He did in former times because of mans’ great and wicked works, the global flood being the result. And the evidence of that global destruction is abundantly seen everywhere by those willing to see and believe.
So, today, we are quickly reaching the same point where the evilness of mankind is reaching epic porportions on the global scale and hearts everywhere are deeply troubled, seeking answers from the very ones who are bringing the wrath of God once again to bear down upon a rebellious creation of wicked children. To know what is now to come is where we need to trust in the words of Jesus and the prophets, for He did tell us to go to the Law and the prophets for they spoke of Jesus and of the times to come. And those times are now upon us, and they will be the worst in human history.
So, you need to put aside all of the christian fairy tales, the lies, and false teachings. You need to sit down today and count the cost of being His follower because as the world hates Him, they are going to hate you. We will be persecuted and murdered for His name’s sake as as witnesses and a testimony against them. You are not going to be raptured away as you have been so foolishly taught by unlearned men and women, who will learn to their great horror the error of their teachings. And when the foolish ones who did not listen to the Lord watch as the foundations of what they believed was truth becomes revealed as lies, their fall will be great, and they will be swept away into apostasy, and all because of unbelieving hearts and itching ears.
For many years, my dream was to own land in the mountainous country and to create a small world of my own. It took a long time before I was able to confess, as my Lord did, not my will but yours. I am a pilgrim passing through on my way to a far better place, and the riches of this world mean nothing to me anymore. And when you have reached this point, then you know who the Lord is and you know His voice and the voice of another you will not listen to. And that is why I am not a disciple of any man or their teachings, and neither do I pursue after various translations of the Bible. And after having been asked to leave from more than a few churches, I am content to meet with home fellowships, and strangers on the road to somewhere. Organized religions are the bane of the faithful in Christ.
Concerning these final days, believers need to understand that the evil one, knowing that his end is coming, will unleash every weapon as his disposal, every entity, every evil work and the the spiritual deceptions will be unprecedented to the point of taking away the very elect of God, if possible. This is why Jesus told us to watch and pray. It is because the lies and deceptions will be so believing and so many followers will be swept into perdition. When they cannot abide by the truth today, you will not see them tomorrow and neither will they be in the congregation of the righteous. When the pious elderly women scoffed at my words, and she presumes to be a a evangelizing believer, though not of the truth but of doctrines, she quickly spun around on her heel, and exclaimed, yeah, sure! I had told her that she needs to tighten her belt and stand upright because she is going to be here during the great tribulations that are coming. And she is just one of millions who have been led to believe the well-packaged lie of a certain broadly misunderstood rapture fallacy. They won’t believe the Lord Jesus, therefore they won’t believe his servants. And they won’t believe you when you hold firm to the Lord and the scriptures. His sheep know His voice and the voice of another they will flee. So flee from prattling fools lest you become caught up with them in the errors of their ways.
This world is plunging into madness and wickedness will multiply on a scale hitherto unimaginable. The days to come will place Attila, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Bush, Obama, Putin, Xi-Jingping, Kin-Jong and other world leaders, past and present into the realm of children playing in the park. The days will become evil and hearts will fail because of the great wickedness. And the believers in Christ will perish at the hands of those seeking their lives because they will be hated by all for His name’s sake. But hold firm unto the end whereupon you will receive the crown of life promised to them who remain faithful and true. And that includes keeping the commandments of the which millions have been taught that they were done away with on the cross. A lie that the evil one has very successfully spread abroad like tares sown in the wheat fields. And O foolish servants, what will you do when the lies you believed betray you, and steal away your hearts as they become cold because you refused instruction?
The Bible tells us not to be afraid and neither to be feaful or timid. We are not to chase after conspiricies nor to pay them any heed, and do not fret over evil doers. That is quite a charge to keep, especially when a believer does just those things. And then you watch as they are buffeted by the waves and unstability rules their hearts and minds. And they will ultimately fall away if they do not follow the Lord’s instructions. Such are those who give the fear mongers their undivided attention, as well as the shepherds who have brought in the false doctrines. And this is why Christians need to read their Bibles from cover to cover and believe what it teaches. There are no lies to be found within its pages, no misleading passages, no air of compromise, and no word games, but they are the words of God to every man, woman, and child, past, present, and future, in their languages and dialects. You do not need to study ancient languages to know the Bible. Much more is the need to know the Son of God and respond as obedient servants, and not as skeptical, unbelieving, questioning, unruly children using their vain imaginations instead of faith.
Thus you, also, outside, indeed, are appearing to men to be just, yet inside you are distended with hypocrisy and lawlessness. - Matthew.
Those words are directed to those who talk the talk but refuse to walk as the Lord walked and taught, but instead are teachers of lawlessness. And it is these shepherds that are leading the sheep into false hopes, and fear mongering of tomorrow. But I am saying to you that you are not to pay them any attention, but you are to cast your fears and hopes and complete trust on the Lord Jesus Christ because he cares for you. So, why don’t you do just that? Stop watching the news and letting agitation stir up your minds and seeing the evil works of the evildoers fill your eyes. But fill your hearts and minds with the scriptures and fellowship with prayer and praise. And may the peace of Christ indeed fill your hearts and minds, and remain faithful to Him until the end of all things.
Be of good cheer, for He has overcome the world, and so will we if we remain in Him.
I remain a brother to the faithful in Christ Jesus.
Edward L Ordway