Day: September 11, 2022

NO Escape From the TRIBULATION of the Last Days

[In case it slipped the mind of the reader, Sunday is September 11. It has only been twenty-one years since the attacks in NYC. Remember all of the pledges to “NEVER FORGET“? Did the reader forget?]

NO ESCAPE

“Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”
–Acts 14:22

[After publishing the article last week–Living With the Tribulation of the End Times–several responses were provoked. This piece is partially an answer to some of those responses.]

The believer is PROMISED ‘much tribulation’–particularly during the end times.

“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.”
–Matthew 24:21-22

The believer is ALSO promised, in addition to TRIBULATION, PERSECUTION.

“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
–2TIMOTHY 3:12

Even as the believer is ALSO promised incredible PEACE to combat the tribulation and persecution, the tribulation (feeling of ‘no escape’) is difficult to ignore.

“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
–Philippians 4:7

The pagan, the heathen, the UNbeliever may wonder how tribulation and peace co-exist in one person.

This is a VERY legitimate topic.

This is one believer’s answer.

The feeling of “there is NO escape to what is coming” is a CONSTANT companion.  The feeling is there from the time the believer wakes up (most mornings) to the time that the believer retires for the day.

At any rate, the feeling of “no escape” lingers whenever the thought of tribulation or what is coming (It is sure  to happen!) crosses the believer’s mind.

IF the believer was NOT a believer in God, God’s Word and the promises of God, then this COULD be imagined as a BLACK CLOUD following the believer around as he conducts his life.

HOWEVER, since the believer ALSO has a promised “peace which passeth all understanding,” the CONSTANT result of “NO escape” is NOT anxiety and fear and worry.  With the promised PEACE, the believer acknowledges the feeling of “NO escape” and basically, SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS.

In other words, the feelings of tribulation ARE present, BUT the believer believes there are other, more important considerations in play.

AND, why should the believer worry?

The believer KNOWS that God is in control of EVERYTHING–as He has been from the beginning of His creation.

And this enables the believer to go about his daily business cheerfully–instead of constantly wringing his hands and crying.

The amazing peace of God neutralizes the feelings one might naturally expect from tribulation–at least this is so in the run-up to the last days.

And that is one man’s way of living with the feelings of “NO escape” which characterize tribulation.

DOES the reader live with a feeling of constant worry about what the future will bring?

WHAT does the reader do to cope?

It is not YET too late: there is still a LITTLE time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

A Reminder: The Gospel is Simple

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: September 9-11, 2022.]

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by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

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Long-Suffering is an Underrated Quality in the End Times

PATIENCE

“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.”
–2PETER 3:9

Though it would appear to be apparent, many moderns do NOT know the meaning of the word “longsuffering“–which appears in the King James Version of the Bible more than once.

SEVENTEEN times, to be exact.

LONG-SUFFERING
: patiently enduring lasting offense or hardship

So, long-suffering is tied VERY closely to PATIENCE.

The LORD PATIENTLY suffers the insults, the slights and the diffidence of this present life, while NOT wanting to pull the plug on it–even though God has the means–because suffering through another day of earthly affliction means that PERHAPS another person will repent, turn to the LORD and be eternally saved from perdition.

This reminds one of a remark made in one of the churches years ago concerning patience.

From the time this writer first became a Christian, he heard an odd bit of advice from other church-goers.

“Don’t pray for patience or the Good Lord will give it to you!”

This advice was echoed in a recent article.

The 8 most dangerous Christian prayers

The article was particularly unbiblical about patience. A few observations about this particularly noxious bit of antichrist propaganda.

Sometimes, this writer is amazed there are any true believers left in America.  Deception is everywhere–but most especially in the dung heap of the “Christian” Internet.  This piece purports to offer advice on how to pray.  Instead, what the reader will find is a collection of worldly error, hearsay, folk tales and church gossip masquerading as Christianity.  It is a horribly deceptive piece of work.

The entire article is an exercise in ear tickling. One could disagree with almost every point it makes on Biblical grounds.  The following is offered as an example.

This is the “advice” it offers for #2: Teach me patience.

If you pray for patience, get ready to be surrounded by the most annoying people you have ever met. Get ready for your car to break down when you are late for an appointment. Get ready your children to go bonkers. Get ready for prayers to not get answered. Get ready for setbacks, roadblocks, and pitfalls.

We’ll start off by asking “Where exactly in the Bible does it say that the believer’s prayers will not get answered if one is patient or asking for patience?”

Answer: it doesn’t.

[…]

The true Christian is advised time and again to “be patient”–yet pretend Christians never tire of offering the devil’s advice “Don’t pray for patience!”

This is the world talking, not Jesus.

MORE: Patience: Reasons why Christians should pray for Patience

In case the reader was wondering, God is long-suffering toward His creation of mankind.

MORE: God Is Longsuffering (Good Thing!)

NOW, even if all of the preceding is taken into account, men (as a rule) do NOT like affliction or suffering of ANY type.

So, men do NOT want to suffer in ANY manner.

The end times are a time when moderns pooh-poohs the very IDEA of suffering for a reason–let alone, the act of suffering itself.

Therefore, long-suffering is something that is HIGHLY underrated during the times in which we live.

Just like patience and many other Biblical virtues which were once highly esteemed by those who had some wisdom.

IS the reader patient–as a rule?

IS the reader long-suffering?

It is not YET too late: there is still a LITTLE time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

A Reminder: The Gospel is Simple

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: September 7, 2022.]

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by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

image: Photo by Duane Mendes on Unsplash.com

© Jeremiah J. Jameson and End Times Prophecy Report, 2012-22. © Mondo Frazier and End Times Prophecy Report, DBKP 2007-2022. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Jeremiah J. Jameson and End Times Prophecy Report with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

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The Lost Do NOT Believe the Warnings From the Bible. One Reason They Are Lost is That They Do NOT Believe.

WARNING

“Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh”
–Proverbs 1:23-26

A great many words have been written describing the lost.

A great many words have been written describing the uncanny ability of the lost to NOT HEAR.

A great many words have been written about the lost ignoring the MANY warnings in the Word of God–particularly warnings about the end times.

MANY of the writers of such pieces shake their heads in wonder and disbelief: “Can’t they hear what we’re saying?”

BUT the problem with the lost does NOT lie in their lack of HEARING.

The problem with the lost is their lack of UNDERSTANDING.

“And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.”
–Isaiah 6:9

The lost do NOT believe the Word of God.

Therefore, they will not believe the warnings from the Word of God.

And THAT is EXACTLY why the lost are lost.

They do NOT believe.

“Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.”
–Habakkuk 1:5

WHEN the chips are down, does the reader believe the Word of God?

OR, is the reader of the mind that “I’m not sure about all of that“?

It is not YET too late: there is still a LITTLE time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

A Reminder: The Gospel is Simple

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: September 6, 2022.]

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by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

image: Photo by Tim Mossholder on UNSPLASH.COM

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Will Those Who Wait on the LORD Suffer From Stress?

WAITING

“Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.”
–Zephaniah 3:8

“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
–Psalm 27:14

MANY articles begin as an answer to a comment, a question or a remark made to this writer about some aspect of Christianity.

However, occasionally an article will take flight from an INTERNAL COMMENT OR QUESTION.

This secondary source provided the inspiration for THIS piece.

It began as an internal discussion in one’s mind.  “We’re told to wait on the LORD. Wonder what that’s all about?”

Thinking along those lines soon led to the question of “I wonder if people get stressed from waiting on the LORD?  NOBODY likes to wait: they get stressed about most other times they have to wait.”

After thinking on this question for a short while, it was apparent the answer to the question was “NO!”

And the answer was a fairly straightforward one: heathens do NOT wait on the LORD.

Heathens do NOT believe the Word of God: therefore, they do NOT wait on the LORD.

Why would they?

Believers ‘wait upon the LORD’ because they are commanded to do so in God’s Word–and believers also know that this present time is not a very good time to be disobedient.

So, believers refer to the many verses from God’s Word to WAIT.

“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.”
–Lamentations 3:25

“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
–Psalm 27:14

“And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.”
–Isaiah 30:18

“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”
–Psalm 37:7

There are over 100 MORE like these four preceding ones.

So, waiting on the LORD is not like it’s an afterthought or some throw-away, here-today-gone-tomorrow notion.

Believers wait upon the LORD because that is what they are instructed to do.

AND believers try their best to follow the instructions contained in the Word of God.

The pagan idol worshiper probably would feel STRESS and ANXIETY at waiting on the LORD.

BUT, the pagan idol worshiper would probably NOT wait on the LORD, so he would bypass any possible stress and anxiety from doing so.

IN FACT, to answer another of the many questions raised during that internal discussion, the ONLY people who are feeling STRESS over waiting on the LORD?

The counterfeit Christians (the tares).

They look and try to act as they believe real Christians would look and act.

BUT they just do NOT have God’s Holy Spirit to help them through any rough or tough times.

HAS the reader EVER “waited on the LORD“?

WHY or why not?

It is not YET too late: there is still a LITTLE time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

A Reminder: The Gospel is Simple

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: September 7, 2022.]

MORE

MORE

RELATED ARTICLES

by Jeremiah Jameson
–with Mondo Frazier

image: Image by Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay.com

© Jeremiah J. Jameson and End Times Prophecy Report, 2012-22. © Mondo Frazier and End Times Prophecy Report, DBKP 2007-2022. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Jeremiah J. Jameson and End Times Prophecy Report with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

Link Disclaimer: inclusion of links to other blogs/websites is not necessarily an endorsement of all content posted in those blogs/websites.

[NOTE: The following articles are from a service. We neither endorse nor at times have much control over them–although we do, of course, enjoy articles originating from this website on this service. Some articles illustrate points made in ETPR articles; some are merely for the reader’s edification or education.

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