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The facts of the terrible tragedy of the downed Malaysian flight #17, a civilian airliner allegedly destroyed by a Ukrainian/Russian missile, are still coming public. But the cleanup and the investigation has quickly begun. And just as quickly, the Ukrainian rebels have disallowed entry to the area, and are doing all they can to stall and impede.
Nonetheless, here is an ABC photo by Kirit Radia. I saw it on Twitter. He wrote: "Every white flag represents a body part"
It reminds me of a time when, unbelievably, there will be worse tragedies. Ezekiel 39 records it. An alliance of nations will form, including Russia and the Baltics, to come against Israel. Israel will be dwelling peacefully in the land at that future time, and this attack will be a total surprise. (Ezekiel 38:14). Without the LORD'S direct, supernatural intervention, Israel would be obliterated. God does this for the singular purpose of letting the world know He is the LORD. (Ezekiel 38:16 & 23). He will vindicate His holiness before the eyes of those who dwell on the earth.
Ezekiel 39 spends time giving the specifics of the battle and its outcome. All who come against Israel in that day, Russia, Turkey, the Baltics, Armenia, and the rest, like a cloud covering the land, hordes of them, five-sixths of them will be smote.
Fire will be sent, earthquakes will happen, missiles will be duds, and every plane will fall out of the sky. (Ezekiel 39:1-6).
Two hundred and ninety-eight people fell from the sly when Malaysia flight 17 went down. What will it be like when hundreds of planes fall? There will be so many! Like clouds covering the land! It will take seven months of constant cleansing to bury these hordes. And they will start with flags.
“On that day I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea. It will block the travelers, for there Gog and all his multitude will be buried. It will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog. For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land. All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day that I show my glory, declares the Lord God. They will set apart men to travel through the land regularly and bury those travelers remaining on the face of the land, so as to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make their search. And when these travel through the land and anyone sees a human bone, then he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog. (Hamonahe is also the name of the city.) Thus shall they cleanse the land. (Ezekiel 39:11-16).
There will be so many they have to mass bury them in a place whose name translates to "Multitude". Imagine how many flags. Each one represents a soul gone down to Hades. On that day, Hades will swell with souls flooding in.
I try to bring the specificity into it regarding the flags so people will KNOW what the Tribulation will be like. Soft and Easy Christians following their Jesus and talking of love refuse to gain biblical knowledge about God's other attributes: His vindication, His wrath, His judgment. It isn't pretty- for those who rebel. It is bloody and awful and destructive. The soft and easy Christians think they will go through the Tribulation (which they will but not because it is a post-tribulation event, but because many of them aren't saved. Matthew 7:21). They think their love for Jesus will float them through. They haven't a clue.
Other Christians, sad to say, are saved but don't spend time looking ahead. They don't study prophecy, for whatever reason. Many pastors weren't taught it in seminary so they don't preach it in church. Other Christians think they are superfluous doctrines, not for edification or practical application to today.
The fact is, the Tribulation will be gross and horrific and bloody and terrifying. The Holy Spirit will not be restraining sin any more! (2 Thessalonians 2:6). Jesus said it will be the worst time there shall ever be, from the beginning of the world to the end, and will ever be again. (Mt 24:21).
Knowing these things in such detail helps us
--be grateful for His grace in rapturing His Bride before these things happen
--be urgent about pursuing holiness as a result of our gratitude
--witness in word and in deed to the lost, who, unless they repent first, WILL go through it.
In the ABC News photo by Kirit Radia I counted three flags. In the Valley of Hamon Gog, there will be untold thousands, perhaps millions.
I long for the Day when God vindicates His holiness before the world. I mourn that day too, for many will perish. Living with the joy of anticipation and the heartache of certain death for many is bittersweet. It is joy mixed with pain and regret; regret that they didn't do the one thing required: repent of their sins and make Jesus Lord.
Yes it is that simple. Difficult, but simple.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)
Repent while there is time, Jesus is the way.
Nonetheless, here is an ABC photo by Kirit Radia. I saw it on Twitter. He wrote: "Every white flag represents a body part"
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Ezekiel 39 spends time giving the specifics of the battle and its outcome. All who come against Israel in that day, Russia, Turkey, the Baltics, Armenia, and the rest, like a cloud covering the land, hordes of them, five-sixths of them will be smote.
Fire will be sent, earthquakes will happen, missiles will be duds, and every plane will fall out of the sky. (Ezekiel 39:1-6).
Two hundred and ninety-eight people fell from the sly when Malaysia flight 17 went down. What will it be like when hundreds of planes fall? There will be so many! Like clouds covering the land! It will take seven months of constant cleansing to bury these hordes. And they will start with flags.
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| Normandy being supplied, Wikipedia historic photo |
There will be so many they have to mass bury them in a place whose name translates to "Multitude". Imagine how many flags. Each one represents a soul gone down to Hades. On that day, Hades will swell with souls flooding in.
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| Normandy invasion aftermath, Wikipedia historic photo |
Other Christians, sad to say, are saved but don't spend time looking ahead. They don't study prophecy, for whatever reason. Many pastors weren't taught it in seminary so they don't preach it in church. Other Christians think they are superfluous doctrines, not for edification or practical application to today.
The fact is, the Tribulation will be gross and horrific and bloody and terrifying. The Holy Spirit will not be restraining sin any more! (2 Thessalonians 2:6). Jesus said it will be the worst time there shall ever be, from the beginning of the world to the end, and will ever be again. (Mt 24:21).
Knowing these things in such detail helps us
--be grateful for His grace in rapturing His Bride before these things happen
--be urgent about pursuing holiness as a result of our gratitude
--witness in word and in deed to the lost, who, unless they repent first, WILL go through it.
In the ABC News photo by Kirit Radia I counted three flags. In the Valley of Hamon Gog, there will be untold thousands, perhaps millions.
I long for the Day when God vindicates His holiness before the world. I mourn that day too, for many will perish. Living with the joy of anticipation and the heartache of certain death for many is bittersweet. It is joy mixed with pain and regret; regret that they didn't do the one thing required: repent of their sins and make Jesus Lord.
Yes it is that simple. Difficult, but simple.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)
Repent while there is time, Jesus is the way.
Make no mistake about it. The area currently known as Crimea and it's capital Simferopol is 910 miles from Jerusalem. It is a strategic point of departure for a military action to the middle east. With missiles that can travel faster than a mile a second, 15 minutes or less to hit targets in Israel.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile those who belong to Christ can stand up to the enemy and not allow him the time of day to say nothing of giving him authority to steal from them.
Matthew 16 read it and remember
"I long for the Day when God vindicates His holiness before the world. I mourn that day too, for many will perish. Living with the joy of anticipation and the heartache of certain death for many is bittersweet."
ReplyDeleteMatthew Henry’s Commentary on Philippians 1:23: "For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.”
"Philippians 1:21-26 Death is a great loss to a carnal, worldly man, for he loses all his earthly comforts and all his hopes; but to a true believer it is gain, for it is the end of all his weakness and misery. It delivers him from all the evils of life, and brings him to possess the chief good. The apostle's difficulty was not between living in this world and living in heaven; between these two there is no comparison; but between serving Christ in this world and enjoying him in another. Not between two evil things, but between two good things; living to Christ and being with him. See the power of faith and of Divine grace; it can make us willing to die. In this world we are compassed with sin; but when with Christ, we shall escape sin and temptation, sorrow and death, forever. But those who have most reason to desire to depart, should be willing to remain in the world as long as God has any work for them to do. And the more unexpected mercies are before they come, the more of God will be seen in them."