Sometimes, when it is least expected, a person’s attention is gripped by that most common of treasures: a nice, sunny day.
Particularly when one has been consumed with WATCHING and staying alert (as per the commands in God’s Word) for the end times and that culmination of the last days, the day of the LORD.
“Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.”
–Mark 13:35-37
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Such unexpected bright sunny afternoons provide a PERFECT counterpoint to thoughts of the day of the LORD–which means that they force one to think about what he was thinking on in quite a different manner.
When one emerges from inside and is greeted by the day’s coolness–then, SUNSHINE and LIGHT from a perfect sun in a perfect sky–it’s hard to keep one’s focus on the day of the LORD, which will be a GLOOMY DAY, with gloomy, overcast skies overlooking gloomy events, filled with the righteous judgment of the wicked.
“Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.”
–Isaiah 13:9
“Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?”
–Amos 5:20
“For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall”
–Isaiah 2:2-5
“Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.”
–Amos 5:18
IN FACT, on such a perfect afternoon, it becomes difficult to remember that the days were once sunny and bright and the future looked VERY uplifting.
Just a small reminder: God’s Word is forever, but sometimes God tempers His Word with a bright, sunny day.
Bright days filled with sunshine are a GIFT from a loving God–who created ALL.
BUT, they do drive thoughts of gloom far away.
DOES the reader believe that the type of day he experiences can affect his outlook on EVERYTHING else?
It is not YET too late–although time is surely running out: 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?
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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?
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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
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[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: March 27, 2023.]
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