3 THINGS 2 LIVE BY

Over the last months I have come to realize there is, as the old saying goes, a lot more than what meets the eye going on around us. I’ve been challenged in every category concerning what I have imagined certain things to be regarding spiritual matters. As I’ve pondered the data I’ve been accumulating over the last four months from around the world, I’ve come to realize that we are a lot further along, as far as end-times realities are concerned, than I had previously thought.

Not to be an alarmist, but I have uncovered in my journey to create a compelling story, information that has not only blown my categories, but caused me enough distress that I felt compelled to communicate something I believe will be manna to those who are willing to open their minds to the vastness of God’s word and His admonitions to us as to how to overcome what is surely on it’s way and coming very soon.

There is a dearth of information and understanding in the Body of Messiah. Wool over the eyes shall we say. Most believers are ill informed and unprepared for the coming days ahead. To make things worse, the rise of the pretribulation rapture theory has added unbelievable confusion as well as present an escapist mentality for all those have not only bought into it, but will be overcome when the disappointment of it not happening throws cold water in their face. Y'shua/Jesus Himself said in Matthew 24:30-31, “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” This is only one of many passages that speaks to a specific event we have all come to know as “the rapture”. But this is from the mouth the Lord Himself, my friends. Don’t be deceived!

What is coming on the earth is beyond human comprehension and reason. Science fiction, horror movies, books and stories cannot capture the sheer terror that the end will produce. Y’shua/Jesus said in Matthew 24:21-22 “For then there shall be great tribulation, such has not been seen since the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.” It’s going to be worse than the days of Noah! How bad was it? It wasn’t just sin, it was fallen angels doing genetic abominations… so God destroyed everything!

            So how will we “overcome till the end”, especially in light of the fact that, based on what’s coming, it seems no one would be able to endure it?

I believe one needs to first understand “who” it is they will be overcoming. The end will be like a science fiction/outer space/genetic reengineering abomination horror movie rolled up into one. But it won’t be a harmless film made of special effects that you can either leave the theater or turn off your television and walk away from unharmed and unaffected. It will be living and breathing, and it will be everywhere. No one will be unaffected. The “who” that we will be dealing with will be fallen angels, along with the dispossessed spirits from the flood known as the demonic world, run amok. When the restrainer who keeps the lid on all evil is removed, they will have full liberty to do whatever wicked and evil thing they desire. In other words, ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE! But there is one thing they do know… it’s that Y’shua/Jesus is God and that His blood can bring their most wicked schemes to not and render them powerless.

Revelations 12:11 says, “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives unto the death.” The Hebrews in the time of Moses in Egypt were commanded to put the blood of a spotless lamb over the doorposts of their homes. The angel of death passed over those whose homes were sealed with that blood. Those whose weren’t, paid the price… death! Y’shua’s/Jesus’ is THE PASSOVER LAMB that was slain! The angelic and demonic world recognizes the Blood of Y’shua/Jesus. It knows its power. And the word of our testimony… it’s not our personal how we got saved testimony. No one is going to sit around in those days singing Kumbaya listening to how you overcame your vices. It is our corporate allegiance and dependence upon THE Sacrifice of God, Y’shua/Jesus! In other words, who’s side are you on.

And the final of the three, and maybe most important thing to “live by” will be, “not loving your life unto the death.” What does that mean? Well, it means you are so secure in Who is it you belong to that if it meant laying your life down, you would be FEARLESS!

If you’re not there yet, now is the time to put all things in perspective. Talk to the Lord! Tell Him where you’re at… He knows already, but now would be a good time to have that heart to heart with the One who fearlessly laid down His life for you.

The good news is: HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD… AND SO WILL YOU!

© 2010 Steven Bliss
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