Good Morning Friends,
“Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily
unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come
from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone
deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs
and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will
oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is
worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to
be God.” (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4)
There is a downward spiral in our culture that
has been going on for a number of years. We keep looking for, hoping for, and
praying for something to happen to turn it around, for genuine repentance and
true revival to sweep America. That’s a good hope and something worthy of
praying about. We should long for the people of America to wake up and see what
they are doing to themselves and to future generations.
The revival we hope for may come, but it is not
promised. In fact, what is promised is that one generation will see the
opposite of a turning back to the Lord. That generation will see a continuing
rebellion against God that will lead to the point where the man of lawlessness
can come to power and exert his evil influence over the whole world.
It sounds like a horrible time, and it will be.
But take heart, the reign of evil of the man of lawlessness will not last. It
will be but the final precursor to the Second Coming of Jesus. God will deal
with him and his wickedness. And even more important -- God will gather those
who belong to Him unto Himself.
His, by Grace, Steve
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