When God saw the wickedness of man, HE was going to destroy man.
But God made a plan to deliver Noah that he would not be destroyed with the wicked.
Genesis 6:12-14 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted HIS way (God's way) upon the earth.
(All that God created was very good. But man corrupted that which was created by God.)
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before ME; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
God told Noah the exact size and exactly how to build this ark.
And Noah did exactly what God instructed.
Genesis 6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Today man has again corrupted the way of God on this present earth and in the end God will destroy the heavens and the earth that we now see. But again, God has made a way of escape for HIS children.
II Peter 3:10-14 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.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
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?
Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Genesis 6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
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Today man has again corrupted the way of God on this present earth and in the end God will destroy the heavens and the earth that we now see. But again, God has made a way of escape for HIS children.
II Peter 3:10-14 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.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
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?
Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
The "ark" for us is Jesus. As we live through The Word we will dwell on this earth "in peace" even in the troubles for God assures us by HIS Word which HE gives us each time we see trouble.
The Word of God is as an ark by which we take refuge.
I Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
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God chose to save Abraham and to bless Abraham.
Genesis 12:1-4 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And
I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy
name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that
bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all
families of the earth be blessed.
(All families including the Gentiles)
4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him.
(All families including the Gentiles)
4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him.
It is all very simple. God speaks. The person obeys.
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How can we possibly fail? All we have to do is believe that which God says and obey the instructions.
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Noah had all these people watching him ... and likely questioning what
he was doing when he began to build this very large boat.
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Abraham had to depart from his father's land. He didn't know where he
was going. He just had to leave. He had a wife and relatives. God
spoke to Abraham. He had to obey and leave regardless of what happened.
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The word comes.
Mark 4:3-8 Hearken;
Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he
sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and
devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much
earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it
withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and
choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground, and
did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some
thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
14-20 The sower soweth the word.
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
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Each
time I recall hearing a word from the Holy Spirit of God, someone has
risen to fight against that word I heard from God. And each time they
fought against the word I heard, they were church going people.
* 1982 ... God began speaking this to me: "The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God." God then showed me various sins being committed by ministers. I tried to communicate with these ministers but when I could not get the message to these ministers, I recorded that message and played the message on my radio broadcast naming that minister by name and telling of the sin.
My best friend at the time said to me, "Is there any way you can be wrong about this?" I replied, "No." (She left me)
The workers in my office disliked the messages about sin. They were mostly in the faith type movement. One said to me, "Joan, is this message 'easy'?" I replied, "It is easier to obey God and give the message than not to do so."
The radio station manager in Seattle says to me, "Joan ... you have many 'good' messages. Just speak those messages. If you continue to speak these judgment type messages, I don't know what is going to happen to you. We might have to put you off the air." I replied, "George ... if I don't speak the message I believe to be from God, then I don't have a message and I may as well be off the air."
* 1982 ... God began speaking this to me: "The time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God." God then showed me various sins being committed by ministers. I tried to communicate with these ministers but when I could not get the message to these ministers, I recorded that message and played the message on my radio broadcast naming that minister by name and telling of the sin.
My best friend at the time said to me, "Is there any way you can be wrong about this?" I replied, "No." (She left me)
The workers in my office disliked the messages about sin. They were mostly in the faith type movement. One said to me, "Joan, is this message 'easy'?" I replied, "It is easier to obey God and give the message than not to do so."
The radio station manager in Seattle says to me, "Joan ... you have many 'good' messages. Just speak those messages. If you continue to speak these judgment type messages, I don't know what is going to happen to you. We might have to put you off the air." I replied, "George ... if I don't speak the message I believe to be from God, then I don't have a message and I may as well be off the air."
* 1982 ...
I had been travelling all over the United States and having meetings
for radio audience. God gave me a dream showing me I was in danger and
at the end of the dream I heard these words: "Don't go until you see Exodus 15."
Immediately I cancelled all meetings scheduled for the remainder of the year.
A woman in our ministry group said to me, "Joan ... you can't do this! If you go out they will give money. If you don't go out you will lose money."
I replied: "God said, 'DON'T GO' ... I'm not going,"
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* December 6, 2018 ... I fell at my house in Texas. As the ambulance workers were rolling me past my front door, I heard: "You'll never see this house again."
I put that house up for sale.
A woman in our church group said to me: "I don't see how you can do this."
I replied: "God told me I would not see this house again."
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A man in the Philippines read the blog I write and became very excited
over the word I spoke and he shared this word with his church group.
They became very angry over that word and demanded that he leave the
church property where he and wife and son had been living and that he could no longer be a pastor at their church group. He turned
from the word to hold onto the church housing and that church group. Two or
three years later an earthquake destroyed his house he had clung to.
And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
When they find it costs something to do that word, often they turn away from that word.
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Genesis 6:17-21 God said to Noah: But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
And
take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it
to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
As
Noah did these things, we can imagine the people watching him load this
large boat with animals and with food and with his family.
And God said to Noah: For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. Genesis 7:4-5
Genesis 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.
17-22
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters
increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. And
the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the
ark went upon the face of the waters.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
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It is God's plan to destroy this present heaven and earth because of the evil of men of our time.
II Peter 3:1-14
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I
stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: That ye may be mindful
of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the
commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning HIS promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
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?
Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where
is the promise of HIS coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all
things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning HIS promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
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?
Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.
* in peace: taking each care to God in prayer, second by second.
We do not know when the day the Lord will come. We must keep ourselves
in peace continually by connecting with God through prayer, trusting
God in each trouble of this life. Troubles rob us of peace. We need to
settle each problem through prayer that same hour that trouble comes,
otherwise we will have a space of time when we are not "in peace." What
if Jesus returned at that time? Would we be taken out with the other
believers? Or would we be left to go through the great tribulation?
Therefore we must be diligent to take care of each trouble when it
appears.
* living without spot and blameless: Settling all things with God and even with man if this possible to do.
We
do not know when the end comes. So we must continually keep ourselves
in peace, without spot, and blameless. We settle everything that
troubles us through prayer the day we are troubled.
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The wrath of God is ordained to come upon this earth because of the sins of men on this earth.
You can be sure that God will do this.
If
you have an image of God, that God will not do these things, you must
recreate your image of God by that which the scriptures show us about
God. For there are many incorrect images of God in both this world and
in the churches today.
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All that Noah and Abraham did was believe that which God said to them and to obey that which God said.
This is also all we do today.
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