Well, as you can see, we did not perish on the 21st of
December as many said the Mayan's had predicted. So does this mean that Armageddon is a
myth? That there will be no 'Great and
Terrible Day of the Lord'? Absolutely not. Mark my words, the return of Christ will
come, perhaps even in our lifetimes.
What it does prove though is the words of the Bible - 'no one knows the
time or the day'. Not even the Son in
His earthly body knew when the Day of the Lord would come. Of course, now that He has resumed His
position at the right hand of The Father, He is, once again, fully one with God
and fully privy to the plan of salvation that God has laid out for mankind.
God the Father, the Ancient of Days, has allotted a period of
time to humanity for us to go our own way.
To choose for ourselves what is good and what is evil. That time period though, will run out. Christ, the Son, the great I Am, will return
to earth with His heavenly host to end Satan's rule over mankind and to bring
judgement to the world. The Bible
promises us that this will occur. What we are not told is when.
Any one who preaches that they know exactly when the Day of the Lord
will come is a liar. They may be simply
deluded and misguided or they may have a more malicious agenda but either way
they are wrong. The Bible gives us
clues, warning signs to watch for but it also states clearly that the Lord's
return will come 'like a thief in the night'.
We may be able to make fairly educated guesses based on the events going
on in the world but that is all they will ever be... guesses.
While on earth Christ told His disciples the end was coming
'soon', and as we know, that was two thousand years ago. This means we must also have an understanding
of what 'soon' means to God. The Bible
tells us that 'a thousand years is like unto a day to God' - therefore, very little time,
as God measures it, has passed since Jesus walked the earth as a man.
In Matthew chapter 24, Jesus gave to His disciples an
outline of worldly events that would lead up to His return . "Jesus answered: "Watch out that no
one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, `I am the Christ,'
and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but see to it
that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to
come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will
be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of
birth pains."
These few short verses make it very plain that there will be
a great amount of sorrow and turmoil in the world before we draw close to His
return. Then there is also the series of
events that are described in the Book of Revelation. World events seem to indicate pretty clearly
that we are, already, on the fast track to the return of Christ. Furthermore, the Bible tells us when,
exactly, the countdown began - with the earthly crucifixion and resurrection of
Jesus. How can we know this with
absolute certainty? We know because in the Book
of Revelation, the opening of the Scrolls is the final countdown to the end if you will, which takes place in heaven by the 'Lamb that was slain'.
Therefore, as difficult as it may be to understand to our
human minds, we have been on the road to the Day of Judgement for in excess of
two thousand years. So, if that is the
case, why would I say that the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord could happen
in our lifetime? Again because of other
clues given in the Bible. The prophetic
Book of Daniel, chapter 2, speaks of the rise and fall of world kingdoms from
his time until the end and all but one of them has now come and gone. That final, world dominating kingdom that
will appear to come in peace and offer great prosperity, could come in a heartbeat. The events of September 11 demonstrated how
quickly our world can change course.
Matthew 24 and the Book of Revelation, along with many other
prophecies, give further clues that the time of the end truly is approaching
with lightning speed. Even so, we still
do not know exactly when the return of Christ will come. All any of us can do is stay close to God
through worship, prayer and study of His Words and make it a practice to
familiarize ourselves with what the Bible actually says - not what people tell
you it says. If you read your Bible with
an open heart God will reveal to you the meaning behind His allegorical
prophecies. You will learn how to
decipher prophecy for yourself.
Some of you may be asking about now - who am I then to be
telling you these things? The simple
answer to that, of course, is no one. I
am nothing other than what the Father gives me and guides me to. I am, just like you, a seeker of truth and a
Follower of The Way. DO NOT simply take
my word for what is written in these posts - seek out the answers for
yourself. Weigh my words against God's
Words to see if I am being truthful. I
DO NOT AND WILL NOT say 'follow me' - we all walk this path together.
In truth, love and harmony,
Tracey
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