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August 2005

Over & Over

8/20/2005

 
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, said the Lord,
and with your children’s children will I plead. 
Jeremiah 2:9


I awoke this morning with a sense of dread, not in the things of God, for my heart is restful and I have God’s peace...
Rather it is a sense that something horrific is coming upon the United States of America.

These are desperate and urgent times. I can feel judgment in the air. And while I know it may sound negative and scary to many who are reading this, I must express what I believe to be true, and write without fear of offending.

As the Lord said to the prophet Isaiah, "Write my words down in a book and tell my people they are rebellious. They will not heed my instructions nor my words. Instead they want their seers to speak unto them ‘smooth things’ and lies (Isaiah 30:8-10, and my paraphrase)."

Is it any different today? Even those who do not believe that Jesus is the Messiah, or who may not have any religious beliefs at all, are sensing that our world is changing. In their hearts, I believe, they know things are not right, that there’s trouble ahead.

So are we coming into a time of judgment? Are we really approaching a period which the Bible calls the "Day of the Lord," and the "end times?"

And if so, what must we do about it, and what does this "prophecy" stuff mean?

It means that God’s word is real and true, and that what has been written many centuries ago in the ancient scriptures, is applicable to our day.

Most assuredly, therefore, at some point in time, the myriad of prophecies which concern the "last days" must begin to manifest. And if they do, then what will this mean for each individual?

Is God trying to warn us? Is He presently trying to call our nation to a state of repentance? Is God telling us to turn from our sins and place our trust in Him?

I, myself, do believe that God has been speaking. His words have been going forth, but not all of us are listening.

I also believe He’s trying to warn us. For the Lord is a being of Love, and He is not willing that any one should have to perish in hell.

Over and over, again and again, God pleads with humanity. With generation after generation He pleads for people to turn from their wicked ways. And one day, maybe very soon or perhaps many years from now, the Almighty Creator will stop His urgings, and then the final period of judgment will begin.

For now, however, over and over God cries, "Repent!" The Lord is begging us, "Follow Me and live. Do not turn from Me or forsake Me, oh nation once blessed!"

D.B.

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