POST FROM SUNDAY 10/17/10.
Shalom,
Psalm 108, if obeyed by the world, would put an end to any and all disputes about who owns what land in Israel! Verses 7-10:
7 God has promised in His holiness [regarding the establishment of David's dynasty]: I will rejoice, I will distribute [Canaan among My people], dividing Shechem and [the western region and allotting the eastern region which contains] the Vally of Succoth. 8 Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My stronghold and the defense of My head; Judah is My scepter and lawgiver. 9 Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom [My slave] My shoe I cast; over Philistia I shout [in triumph]. 10 Who will bring me [David] into the strong, fortified city [of Petra]? Who will lead me into Edom?
God has already, in this and many other places throughout the Word of God, laid down the boundaries of the nation of Israel! How DARE the heathen nations defy the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible and trespass on Israel's God-given land? There WILL be a price to pay for what these nations have done! Let's continue to preach the Gospel so that we stay in God's perfect will for us and then we can COUNT ON verse 13:
13 Through and with our God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries.
James 5:7-8:
7 So be patient, brethren, [as you wait] till the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits expectantly for the precious harvest from the land. [See how] he keeps up his patient [vigil] over it until it receives the early and late rains. 8 So you must be patient. Establish your hearts [strengthen and confirm them in the final certainty], for the coming of the Lord is very near.
We have been hearing about the Rapture of the Church for many years now and some are tempted to think that it is still a long way off. It MAY be, but I highly doubt that! Almost everything is in place right now to have all of prophecy fulfilled concerning the end time events. The only thing holding things up is that God wants that none should perish, but that all should come to repentance. He is waiting for the "precious fruit of the earth" (KJV James 5:7). He will give every opportunity for people to call on the Name of the Lord (Jesus) to be saved! But we also learn from reading the Old Testament prophets, like Jeremiah, that there WILL come a time, a "Set Time", when it is finished and we will be taken out of here so that the wrath of God can be poured out on the earth that has rejected Him. Stand strong and steadfast as things APPEAR to be falling apart! God DOES know exactly what He's doing and, if we are in fellowship with Him, He WILL, by His Spirit, show US things to come! We don't have to be taken unawares, if we don't choose to! AMEN!
Jeremiah 23:5-6:
5 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch (Sprout), and He will reign as King and do wisely and will execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In His days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is His name by which He shall be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
Can you say JESUS! AMEN!
Shalom in Him!
