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God Has Not Appointed Us To Wrath
Multiple times in Bible we read about the wrath of God that is to come upon the whole world.
It will be incredibly terrible.
In one section of scripture it even tells of 1/3 of the sun failing to give light ... I believe that means the world will have 1/3 less daylight than we do now. It will likely affect growing seasons for food and cause terrible food problems on this earth.
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That "wrath of God" is coming on the earth because of the sins of humans. (just as in the days of Noah but God will not destroy the world by water as before ... God has appointed other destructions which we are told about in Bible.)
The apostle Paul says ...
I Thess. 5 ... 1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day:we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
(This "watch" is a watch of our own flesh that we not return to the works of the flesh and thereby join this world but rather that we "watch" and keep our own flesh "down" by turning to God in prayer for help, not allowing the "old man" to surface by our flesh ... continuing to keep our flesh dead, crucified with Christ ... continuing to serve God rather than serving our own flesh.)
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 WHO died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with HIM.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
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The wrath of God that is coming upon the earth is described in many places in Bible, both OT and NT.
Many years ago, God gave me a dream showing me a significant problem coming upon this present earth.
In this dream, the earth slipped on its axis. People were terrified. The religious leaders and worldly governments of men were meeting together with the scientists to see what they could do about this. A TV newscaster was trying to give the report of what happened on TV but he was so frightened he could no longer speak and just ended the TV newscast!
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In Bible, we are shown many parts to the "wrath of God" that is coming upon this earth.
At one point we read about 7 angels who have trumpets to sound and when they sound these trumpets disasters occur to worldly men on this earth.
Revelation 8 ... 6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth:and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea:and the third part of the sea became blood; 9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood:and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
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(These are just a few of the things coming in the "wrath of God" upon this earth.)
In the Old Testament several of the prophets speak about this wrath that is appointed by God ... Isaiah, Joel, Amos and others tell what God showed them.
There are many parts of the wrath of God ...
Paul speaks of it in Romans 1 and in other epistles.
Peter speaks of the total end of this present heaven and earth as we know them.
II Peter 3 ... 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
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God showed the apostle John the new heaven and the new earth and the new Jerusalem "wherein dwelleth righteousness."
Revelation 21 ... 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard A GREAT VOICE out of heaven saying,
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God HIMSELF shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
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So there is a great wrath of God coming upon this earth.
But for the people of God, God has not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation through Jesus Christ.
I believe Jesus will come for HIS people and remove both the dead from their graves and the living ...
16 For the Lord HIMSELF shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. I Thess. 4
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In 1979, God gave me the following terrifying dream:
Destruction was everywhere.
A meeting was going on. A man was speaking to a room filled with people. I went in and began to listen.
A meeting was going on. A man was speaking to a room filled with people. I went in and began to listen.
A second man rushed in and said: "Stop ... Wait ... Can't you see ... It's too late ... It's already begun."
The first man resumed speaking.
I looked out the window to see what had "already begun."
There was a tall pole with a yellow civil
defense speaker at top of the pole. A gas was coming out of the
speaker. I knew it was poisonous and would kill the people. It was
coming directly toward us!
The shocking thing was the speaker that
was set there for the purpose of warning us was being used as the
instrument which dispersed the gas that was poison and would kill us!
I looked at the man seated next to me. He had a big grin on his face
and was looking directly at the man who was speaking to the group. But
then I saw this man was a corpse, though he looked alive. He was already dead!
I looked about the room at the other people and realized they were all dead.
As I sat back in my chair and listened to the man speaking I began to feel sleepy and I knew as I sat there among them this was killing me too.
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God was showing me the anarchy that was already going on in our church groups in 1979. Destruction
was everywhere in the church groups. It is much worse today. This is
the apostasy that had to come into the churches before Jesus returns.
II Thess. 2 ... NASB ... Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the LORD) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things?
And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. Then that lawless one will be revealed
The restraint holding antichrist and the lawlessness back from the church was the Holy Scriptures. When churches removed verses of scripture, even part of a verse of scripture, the restraint against the lawlessness was removed and lawlessness moved into the church.
(Antichrist is not one man but is a spirit in many men just as the devil is a spirit in many men and not just one man.)
II Thess. 2 ... NASB ... Let no one in any way deceive you, for it (the day of the LORD) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things?
And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. Then that lawless one will be revealed
The restraint holding antichrist and the lawlessness back from the church was the Holy Scriptures. When churches removed verses of scripture, even part of a verse of scripture, the restraint against the lawlessness was removed and lawlessness moved into the church.
(Antichrist is not one man but is a spirit in many men just as the devil is a spirit in many men and not just one man.)
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