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FATHER’S Divine Master Plan included a Bride HE can trust!

Our Heavenly Father designed a Divine Master Plan with a husband-wife relationship based on Agape Love, unity, and trustworthiness. 

The term trustworthy describes a person who is reliable, honest, and deserving of confidence. It indicates consistency, integrity, and the ability to fulfill promises or function accurately.  How trustworthy are you?  If you are not trustworthy, can Jesus have an intimate relationship with you as member of His Bride?

As I wrote yesterday, sin is rooted in selfishness, which is the greatest obstacle to intimacy.  Will Our Heavenly Father grant power and authority to someone who can’t be trusted?  Our willingness to open suffer on His behalf is a sign of reliability and integrity.  We are seen as being consistent and loyal to Our Lord.

Paul sums it up when he also wrote in 2^nd Timothy chapter 2:

12 If we are joined with Him in His sufferings, then we will reign together with Him in His triumph. But if we disregard Him, then He will also disregard us.

13 But even if we are faithless, He will still be full of faith, for He never wavers in his faithfulness to us!

Would you share your most intimate secrets with someone who is untrustworthy?  As we become more reliable, Jesus is able to establish a bond of trust with us.  One of the most obvious signs of reliability is our consistency of how we deploy our personal finances.  If I really trust The Word, I won’t hesitate to give, especially when The Holy Spirit directs me to give.

David expressed his trust in THE LORD as he recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 31:

14 I’m desperate, Lord! I throw myself upon You, for You alone are My God!

15 My life, my every moment, my destiny—it’s all in Your Hands. So I know You can deliver me from those who persecute me relentlessly.

16 Smile on me, Your servant. Let your undying Love and glorious grace save me from all this gloom.

17 As I call upon you, let my shame and disgrace be replaced by Your favor once again. But let shame and disgrace fall instead upon the wicked—those going to their own doom, drifting down in silence to the dust of death.

Paul had to warn and correct the church at Corinth because of their immaturity and untrustworthiness.  He wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Corinthians chapter 4:

11 If you could see us now, you’d find that we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and with no roof over our heads.

12 We work hard, toiling with our own hands. When people abuse and insult us, we respond with a blessing, and when severely persecuted, we endure it with patience.

13 When we are slandered incessantly, we always answer gently, ready to reconcile. Even now, in the world’s opinion, we are nothing but filth and the lowest scum.

14 I’m not writing this to embarrass you or to shame you, but to correct you as the children I Love.

15 For although you could have countless babysitters in Christ telling you what you’re doing wrong, you don’t have many fathers who correct you in Love. But I’m a true father to you, for I became your father when I gave you the Gospel and brought you into union with Jesus, the Anointed One.

16 So I encourage you, my children, to follow the example that I live before you.

Paul gave us great detail of his willingness to suffer on behalf of Christ.  This is a clear indication of his trustworthiness as a mature believer in Christ.  He was all in!

Jesus spoke in John chapter 15:

15 I no longer call you ‘servants,’ because a master doesn’t confide in his servants, and servants don’t always understand what the master is doing. But I call you My most intimate and cherished friends, for I reveal to you everything that I’ve heard from My Father.

Does He know you and me as His intimate and cherished friends?

FATHER’S Divine Master Plan included a Bride for HIS Son the Bridegroom!

Our Heavenly Father designed a Divine Master Plan with a husband-wife relationship based on Agape Love and unity. 

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Corinthians chapter 11:

2 You need to know that God’s passion is burning inside me for you, because, like a Loving father, I have pledged your hand in marriage to Christ, your True Bridegroom. I’ve also promised that I would present His fiancée to Him as a pure virgin bride.

Marriage is intended to create a unified, Divine bond between a man and a woman.  That is the true Biblical definition of marriage, and no other worldly definition is acceptable in the Eyes of Our Heavenly Father.

In a marriage, there will be suffering, especially in the early years.  However, on the other hand, the bond created by suffering together will be a sweeter, stronger, and more mature relationship.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 2:

9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

10 For now He towers above all creation, for all things exist through Him and for Him. And that God made Him, Pioneer of our salvation, perfect through His sufferings, for this is how He brings many sons and daughters to share in His glory.

Jesus willingly went through excruciating suffering on our behalf.  We cannot comprehend the severity of His suffering in the final week before His crucifixion.  He completely denied His flesh for us.  Are we willing to suffer as we move toward becoming a pure virgin bride for Him?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Philippians chapter 3:

9 My passion is to be consumed with Him and not cling to my own “righteousness” based in keeping the written Law. My only “righteousness” will be His, based on the faithfulness of Jesus Christ—the very righteousness that comes from God.

10 And I continually long to know the wonders of Jesus and to experience the overflowing power of His resurrection working in me. I will be one with Him in His sufferings and become like Him in his death.

11 Only then will I be able to experience complete oneness with Him in His resurrection from the realm of death.

The natural man will try to avoid suffering of any kind.  Why should we suffer?  Paul wrote “to know Him more deeply-to have a stronger connection with Him”.

The Amplified Version provides a more concise explanation:

[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]

The reality is that suffering causes transformation.  The military understands this when they send new recruits to boot camp.  There is a rapid change in mindset and a brotherhood is developed.

What were Peter and John’s response when they were threatened and beaten by the very same leaders who unmercifully beat Jesus?

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 5:

41 So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His Name.

42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

And Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Philippians chapter 1:

29 For God has graciously given you the privilege not only to believe in Christ, but also to suffer for Him.

Are you willing to accept this privilege?

Sin is rooted in selfishness, which is the greatest obstacle to intimacy.  It hinders the formation of a strong bond.  The very opposite of sin is unwavering obedience to Our Perfect, Loving Father.

Paul sums it up when he also wrote in 2^nd Timothy chapter 2:

12 If we are joined with Him in His sufferings, then we will reign together with Him in His triumph. But if we disregard Him, then He will also disregard us.

13 But even if we are faithless, He will still be full of faith, for He never wavers in his faithfulness to us!

Within this passage lies the climax of FATHER’S Master Plan.   

FATHER promised a specific blessing to those who read and obey HIS Word referring the return of Christ!

Our Heavenly Father designed a Divine Master Plan before HE created the heavens and earth, and it is based on Agape Love and unity. 

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Corinthians chapter 1:

9 God is forever faithful and can be trusted to do this in you, for HE has invited you to co-share the Life of HISs Son, Jesus, the Anointed One, our King!

10 I urge you, my brothers and sisters, for the sake of the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree to live in unity with one another and put to rest any division that attempts to tear you apart. Be restored as one united body living in perfect harmony. Form a consistent choreography among yourselves, having a common perspective with shared values.

There is no division or disfunction in Heaven.  How can we co-labor with Christ here on earth if we allow division to rule our thoughts and actions?  To the degree we are led by The Holy Spirit, is the degree we walk in and promote unity among the brethren.  We are often intolerant of others when we overlook our own shortcomings.

FATHER’S unfathomable Love is contained in HIS Divine Plan.  There were and are mysteries associated with HIS Love.  HE held back mysteries which had been hidden until the appropriate time so that HIS Plan would not be adversely impacted by our adversaries.

And in 1^st Corinthians chapter 2:

6 However, there is a Wisdom that we continually speak of when we are among the spiritually mature. It’s Wisdom that didn’t originate in this present age, nor did It come from the rulers of this age who are in the process of being dethroned.

7 Instead, we continually speak of this wonderful Wisdom that comes from God, hidden before now in a mystery. It is HIS secret Plan, destined before the ages, to bring us into glory.

8 None of the rulers of this present world order understood it, for if they had, they never would have crucified the Lord of shining glory.

9 This is why the Scriptures say: Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imagine—these are the many things God has in store for all his Lovers.

10 But God now unveils these profound realities to us by the Spirit. Yes, HE has revealed to us HIS inmost Heart and deepest mysteries through the Holy Spirit, Who constantly explores all things.

FATHER demonstrated HIS Love by sending HIS Son to the earth to pay the full price for our redemption.  This was prophesied when the Passover was instituted while the congregation of Israel was in the land of Egypt.

Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Exodus chapter 12:

3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.

7 And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.

12 ‘For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

14 ‘So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.

The blood of an innocent lamb prophesied of the sacrifice of Jesus, the Innocent Lamb of GOD Who gave Himself for each of us as an unfathomable expression of Love.  This was totally necessary to bring us into unity with Our Heavenly Father!  FATHER’S Plan continues to unfold!

FATHER promised a specific blessing to those who read and obey HIS Word referring the return of Christ!

These writings are all about our future!  My goal is to be called a good and faithful servant by Jesus Himself.  I trust that is your goal as well.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 25:

21 “Commending His servant, the master replied, ‘You have done well, and proven yourself to be My loyal and trustworthy servant. Because you have been a faithful steward to manage a small sum, now I will put you in charge of much, much more. You will experience the delight of Your Master, Who will say to you, “Enter into the joy of your Lord!” ’

Our Heavenly Father designed a Divine Master Plan before HE created the heavens and earth.  Our goal is to see and embrace HIS Plan and be fully aligned with HIM.  This is what being led by The Holy Spirit in all about.

Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Genesis chapter 1:

1 When God created the heavens and the earth,

2 the earth was completely formless and empty, with nothing but darkness draped over the deep. God’s Spirit hovered over the face of the waters.

3 And then God announced, “Let there be light,” and light burst forth!

4 And God saw the light as pleasing and beautiful; HE used the light to dispel the darkness.

5 God called the light “Day,” and the darkness “Night.” And so, evening gave way to morning—the first day.

GOD created time, light, and all things both seen and unseen… according to HIS Plan.  Only GOD can truly create something from nothing and that is an integral part of HIS Nature. 

With this understanding, we see that FATHER provided us with Scripture to assist us in walking out HIS Plan on the earth.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:

27 God, the Searcher of the heart, knows fully our longings, yet HE also understands the desires of the Spirit, because the Holy Spirit passionately pleads before God for us, His Holy ones, in perfect harmony with God’s plan and our destiny.

28 So we are convinced that every detail of our lives is continually woven together for good, for we are His Lovers who have been called to fulfill His designed purpose.

29 For He knew all about us before we were born and He destined us from the beginning to share the likeness of His Son. This means the Son is the oldest among a vast family of brothers and sisters who will become just like Him.

30 Having determined our destiny ahead of time, He called us to Himself and transferred His perfect righteousness to everyone He called. And those who possess His perfect righteousness He co-glorified with His Son!

You and I are important to Our Heavenly Father, and we are included in HIS Divine Master Plan!  Jesus’ first coming is one aspect of HIS Plan and, Jesus’ second coming is a continuation of THE PLAN.  It is not an isolated, separate event.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 46:

9 Remember the miracles of long ago. Acknowledge that I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like Me.

10 I declare from the beginning how it will end and foretell from the start what has not yet happened. I decree that My purpose will stand, and I will fulfill My every plan.

We will either go with the flow, or we will try to resist and suffer the consequences of sin.  To me, the answer is obvious.

The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st John chapter 3:

1 Look with wonder at the depth of the Father’s marvelous Love that He has lavished on us! He has called us and made us His very own Beloved Children. The reason the world doesn’t recognize who we are is that they didn’t recognize Him.

2 Beloved, we are God’s children right now; however, it is not yet apparent what we will become. But we do know that when it is finally made visible, we will be just like Him, for we will see Him as He truly is.

3 And all who focus their hope on Him will always be purifying themselves, just as Jesus is pure.

As we comprehend HIS Plan, we will have no problem in purifying ourselves.

FATHER promised a specific blessing to those who read and obey HIS Word referring the return of Christ!

The Holy Spirit is vital to our future.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 16:

13 However, when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will guide you into all Truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will prophetically tell you things to come.

Where are all the prophets in the church services today?  How many churches promote the operation of the Gifts of THE SPIRIT?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 12:

28 And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of Tongues.

Many pastors will embrace arguments that effectively water down this passage.  Why?  Often, they simply want to coddle those who are financial influencers.  It is as though those who are wealthy are somehow more spiritually mature than the rest of us.

Wisdom responds to these arguments in Proverbs chapter 23:

4 Don’t compare yourself to the rich. Surrender your selfish ambition and evaluate them properly.

5 For no sooner do you start counting your wealth than it sprouts wings and flies away like an eagle in the sky—here today, gone tomorrow!

I have known many individuals who have seen their wealth fly away in a very short period of time.  They were truly humbled when they lost their influence due to their wealth.  They had no idea what the future held for them.

Paul warns us of the future as he wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Thessalonians chapter 2:

1 Now, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we plead with you, beloved friends,

2 not to be easily confused or disturbed in your minds by any kind of spirit, rumor, or letter allegedly from us, claiming that the Day of the Lord has already come.

3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. Before that day comes the rebellion must occur and the “outlaw”—the destructive son—will be revealed in his true light.

The signs are everywhere!  Perversion of the Truth is widespread, and predators are out there wanting to deceive us in any way possible.  Could any of us have predicted thirty years ago what we are seeing now in society?

Paul recorded by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Timothy chapter 3:

1 But you need to be aware that in the final days the culture of society will become extremely fierce.

2 People will be self-centered lovers of themselves and obsessed with money. They will boast of great things as they strut around in their arrogant pride and mock all that is right. They will ignore their own families. They will be ungrateful and ungodly.

There is no question that this reality is being fully expressed in society today.

3 They will become addicted to hateful and malicious slander. Slaves to their desires, they will be ferocious, belligerent haters of what is good and right.

These people are redefining terms to fit their blindness.  They call good evil, and evil good.

4 With brutal treachery, they will act without restraint, bigoted and wrapped in clouds of their conceit. They will find their delight in the pleasures of this world more than the pleasures of the Loving God.

5 They may pretend to have a respect for God, but in reality they want nothing to do with God’s power. Stay away from people like these!

We can and should minister to the lost, but we should fellowship with them lest we become like them in their blindness. 

We must focus on being a Light unto the world… now is the time!

FATHER promised a specific blessing to those who read and obey HIS Word referring the return of Christ!

When you obey The Word of GOD, you align yourself with blessings from Heaven.  When you are disobedient, you open the door to the consequences of sin.  It is a very simple choice.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 16:

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If you truly want to follow Me, you should at once completely reject and disown your own life. And you must be willing to share My cross and experience it as your own, as you continually surrender to My Ways.

25 For if you choose self-sacrifice and lose your lives for My glory, you will continually discover True Life. But if you choose to keep your lives for yourselves, you will forfeit what you try to keep.

26 For even if you were to gain all the wealth and power of this world—at the cost of your own life—what good would that be? And what could be more valuable to you than your own soul?

27 I, the Son of Man, will one day return with My angels and in the splendor and majesty of My Father. And then I will reward each person according to what they have done.

Mark also recorded Jesus’ Words in Mark chapter 8:

38 If you are ashamed of Me and My Words while living among sinful and faithless people, then I, the Son of Man, will also be ashamed of you when I make My appearance with My Holy messengers in the glorious splendor of My Father!”

As the third witness of Jesus’ Words, Luke recorded in Luke chapter 9:

26 So why then are you ashamed of being My disciple? Are you ashamed of the revelation-Truth I give to you? “I, the Son of Man, will one day return in My radiant brightness, with the Holy angels and in the splendor and majesty of My Father. On that day I will be ashamed of everyone who has been ashamed of me.

When three Gospels record this future event, shouldn’t we always keep this reality before us?  Our Heavenly Father is not restricted to time.  Time is not relevant in the realm of THE SPIRIT.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 10:

35 So don’t lose your bold, courageous faith, for you are destined for a great reward!

36 You need the strength of endurance to reveal the poetry of God’s Will and then you receive the promise in full.

37 For soon and very soon, “The One who is appearing will come without delay!”

38 And He also says, “My righteous ones will live from My faith. But if fear holds them back, My Soul is not content with them!”

39 But we are certainly not those who are held back by fear and perish; we are among those who have faith and experience True Life!

Often, believers only want to focus on Scripture that meets their immediate needs without viewing the importance of the long term.  Perceived delay does not invalidate the Truth found in HIS Prophetic Word to us.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Habakkuk chapter 2:

2 Then YAHWEH replied: “Write down the revelation; write it legibly on clay tablets so that whoever reads it may run and explain it to others.

3 The vision still awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove to be false. When the appointed time comes, it will happen with breathless haste. Although it may seem slow, just be patient and wait. For it will surely come right on time.

Don’t let up now!  I am eagerly awaiting His return no matter when the appointed time arrives.  In the meantime, I am going to be fruitful and I suggest you do the same.

FATHER promised a specific blessing to those who read and obey!

Ignorance is no excuse.

David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 19:

1 God’s splendor is a tale that is told, written in the stars. Space itself speaks His story through the marvels of the heavens. His Truth is on tour in the starry vault of the sky, showing His skill in creation’s craftsmanship.

All of creation testifies of The Creator of Heaven and earth.  To have an opinion apart from the Truth is simply blindness.  Men try to define eternity based on their temporal understanding.  The closest thought to understanding is the mathematical term infinity.

It is also written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 147:

5 How great is our God! There’s absolutely nothing His power cannot accomplish, and He has infinite understanding of everything.

Most everyone wants to know the future.  In the financial arena, many will use technical, cyclical analysis of markets to predict future trends.  Some are paid a lot of money to tell their subscribers what to invest in for future profits.  Why not allow the ONE Who knows the end from the beginning to lead you in all things?

It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 46:

3 “Listen to Me, O Jacob’s tribes, all the remnant of Israel. You never had to carry Me, but I have carried you from birth. I supported you from the moment you left the womb.

4 Even as you grow old and your hair turns gray, I’ll keep carrying you! I am your Maker and your Caregiver. I will carry you and be your Savior.

5 To whom can you compare me, the incomparable God? Have you found someone else like me?

6 The wealthy pour out their gold, weigh out their silver in the scales, and hire a goldsmith who crafts it into a ‘god.’ Then they bow down before it to worship it.

7 They lift it up to their shoulders and have to carry it. They set it on a stand, and there it sits, unable to move from its place. When someone cries out to it, it never answers nor saves anyone from trouble.

8 Keep this in mind and don’t forget it! Take this to heart, you rebels!

9 Remember the miracles of long ago. Acknowledge that I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like Me.

10 I declare from the beginning how it will end and foretell from the start what has not yet happened. I decree that My purpose will stand, and I will fulfill My every plan.

WHO better to guide you and me into the future than The Holy Spirit?  I can attest that He has perfectly navigated me throughout the decades of my life.

Wisdom recorded in Proverbs chapter 29:

18 When there is no clear prophetic vision, people quickly wander astray. But when you follow the revelation of the Word, heaven’s bliss fills your soul.

We must guard ourselves from false prophets and those who predict outcomes based on their own limited opinions.  Every decision we make should be mindful of Eternity.  When we sin, we open ourselves to its consequences.  Why put yourself into that situation?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Titus chapter 2:

11 God’s marvelous grace has manifested in Person, bringing salvation for everyone.

12 This same grace teaches us how to live each day as we turn our backs on ungodliness and indulgent lifestyles, and it equips us to live self-controlled, upright, Godly lives in this present age.

13 For we continue to wait for the fulfillment of our hope in the dawning splendor of the glory of our Great God and Savior, Jesus, the Anointed One.

If we focus on living in a Godly, productive manner and pattern our lives according to the Commands of Jesus, the future will take care of itself.  We will be judged as good and faithful servants!

FATHER promised a specific blessing to those who read and obey!

We are in the last days of the last days.  Are you ready?  We are to understand the seasons and times.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Ecclesiastes chapter 3:

1 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:

9 What profit has the worker from that in which he labors?

10 I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied.

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.

12 I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives,

13 and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor-it is the gift of God.

14 I know that whatever God does, It shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, And nothing taken from it. God does it, that men should fear before Him.

15 That which is has already been, And what is to be has already been; And God requires an account of what is past.

The above passage makes it clear that FATHER is in control and expects us to occupy ourselves with good works.  We can neither add to nor take away from whatever HE does.  Also, we are to walk in the reverent fear of GOD.  Don’t be foolish in thinking you can affect HIS Plans and Purposes.  However, HE gave you and me the right to choose what path we take regarding our own future.

There are instances where FATHER discloses HIS specific timing.

It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Jeremiah chapter 29:

10 For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good Word toward you, and cause you to return to this place.

And in Daniel chapter 2:

1 Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him.

16 So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him time, that he might tell the king the interpretation.

17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,

18 that they might seek mercies from the God of Heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of Heaven.

20 Daniel answered and said: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For Wisdom and might are His.

21 And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding.

22 He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And Light dwells with Him.

FATHER gave Daniel specifics concerning HIS timing.  The seventy-week prophecy has played out exactly as prophesied.  We must never forget WHO is in charge of the times and seasons.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 115:

3 But our God is in Heaven; He does whatever He pleases.

What is the point?  We are to occupy and do business until HE comes.  We are to focus on good works and promoting The Kingdom of GOD both in Word and action.  Those who only focus on escaping and sit around doing nothing will be saddened at the Day of Judgment.

FATHER promised a specific blessing to those who read and obey!

We are in the last days of the last days.  Are you ready?  Don’t be lulled into apathy.

We are to Love, to serve, and to build!  Hell’s power seduces with self-centered ambition, manipulation, and eventual isolation.

Jesus spoke in Mark chapter 8:

34 Jesus had His disciples and the crowd gather around Him. And He said to them: “If you truly want to follow Me, you should at once completely disown your own life. And you must be willing to share My Cross and experience it as your own, as you continually surrender to My Ways.

35 For if you let your life go for My sake and for the sake of the Gospel, you will continually experience true Life. But if you choose to keep your life for yourself, you will forfeit what you try to keep.

36 For what use is it to gain all the wealth and power of this world, with everything it could offer you, at the cost of your own life?

37 And what could be more valuable to you than your own soul?

38 If you are ashamed of Me and My Words while living among sinful and faithless people, then I, the Son of Man, will also be ashamed of you when I make My appearance with My Holy messengers in the glorious splendor of my Father!”

It is clear that Jesus refers to His second coming!  What will He find you doing upon His return?  Who will you be serving?  What will He see as your priorities?

Joshua spoke by The Holy Spirit in Joshua chapter 24:

15 If it seems wrong in your eyes to serve YAHWEH, then make your decision today which gods you will worship—the gods which your ancestors worshiped in Mesopotamia or the gods which the Amorites worship in the land where you are now living—but I and my family, we will give our lives to worship and serve YAHWEH!”

Consider what happened in the first coming of Jesus.  Who recognized Him when He was presented at The Temple?

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 2:

22 Now when the days of Mary’s purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Jesus to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb (the first born) shall be called Holy to the LORD”),

24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

25 As they came to the temple to fulfill this requirement, an elderly man was there waiting—a resident of Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. He was a very good man, a Lover of God who kept himself pure, and the Spirit of Holiness rested upon him. Simeon believed in the imminent appearing of the One called “The Refreshing of Israel.”

Simeon had three characteristics: he was righteous, devout, and he was eagerly waiting for the imminent appearing of THE LORD.  The word devout means that one takes The Word of GOD seriously.

26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

27 So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the law,

28 he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said:

29 “Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, According to Your word;

30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation

31 Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,

32 A Light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel.”

33 And Joseph and His mother marveled at those things which were spoken of Him.

How many others recognized the Lord’s Christ?  No one else except Anna.

36 A prophetess named Anna was also in the temple court that day. She was from the tribe of Asher and the daughter of Phanuel. Anna was an aged widow who had been married only seven years before her husband passed away. After he died she chose to worship God in the temple continually. For the past eighty-four years she had been serving God with night-and-day prayer and fasting.

38 While Simeon was prophesying over Mary and Joseph and the Baby, Anna walked up to them and burst forth with a great chorus of praise to God for the Child. From that day forward she told everyone in Jerusalem who was waiting for their redemption that the anticipated Messiah had come!

She waited 84 years to prophesy over Jesus.  She immediately recognized Jesus!  How many of today’s believers have the same characteristics as Simeon and Anna?  There were multitudes who had no idea of Who was among them until Anna had shared the event in public.

The Holy Spirit moved upon two witnesses in Jesus’ first coming.  How many witnesses will be counted in His second coming?

FATHER promised a specific blessing to those who read and obey!

We are in the last days of the last days.  Are you ready?  Recently, I posted an interview with Rick Renner and a separate YouTube video with Joseph Morris.  There is no question that the last days are upon us.  We must not disregard the prophecies not only contained in the Book of Revelation but are referenced elsewhere in Scripture.

We will be blessed if we read, listen, and obey the Words Jesus spoke in the Book of Revelation.  Many believers have not actually read this one Book of the New Testament even though it is the only Book with a specific blessing tied to it.

Peter recorded by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Peter chapter 3:

2 So never forget both the prophecies spoken by the Holy prophets of old and the teaching of our Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days mockers (deceivers) will multiply, chasing after their evil desires.

4 They will say, “So what about this promise of His coming? Our ancestors are dead and buried, yet everything is still the same as it was since from the beginning of time until now.”

We must not let those who want to deceive us move our focus away from our individual callings in anticipation of His return.  They have failed to understand something:

5 But they conveniently overlook that from the beginning, the heavens and earth were created by God’s Word. He spoke and the dry ground separated from the waters.

6 Then long afterward He destroyed the world with a tremendous flood by those very waters.

7 And now, by the same powerful Word, the heavens and the earth are reserved for fire, being kept for judgment day, when all the ungodly will perish.

8 So, dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape your notice: a single day counts like a thousand years to the Lord YAHWEH, and a thousand years counts as one day.

FATHER’S timing isn’t our timing.  The scoffers fail to see that FATHER’S handiwork is everywhere, from the smallest microbe to the vast galaxies above.  They are simply blinded by their own opinions and their inability to hear!  Notice the importance the Peter placed on the Second Coming over all the other aspects of the Christian walk.

Consider the following:

• The return of Jesus is the second-most frequently mentioned topic in the entire Bible.

• It is mentioned 318 times in the New Testament.

• One out of every thirty verses in the New Testament mentions some aspect of the return of Jesus.

• Only four books in the New Testament don’t discuss the return of Jesus, twenty-three do.  The books that don’t mention the return are Philemon, 2^nd John, 3^rd John, and Galatians. 

• Both Luke and Matthew take practically two entire chapters to expound on Jesus’ second coming, and Mark takes one full chapter.

• The entire last Book of The Bible is dedicated exclusively to end time events.

Paul’s dealing with the Galatian church sadly focused on correction.

He wrote by The Holy Spirit in Galatians chapter 3:

1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the Truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?

2 This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?

If GOD WHO is perfect in Wisdom, gives this much attention to the second coming of Jesus in the Holy Scriptures, what should our commitment to reading, teaching, and discussing end-time events?