THEN, THE END SHALL COME

Newsletter 246 June 5, 2011

Recent television news informed us that the world was to come to an end urgently, and then a few days after that date had come and gone, again to tell us that it was a mistake and that another date is the right one. This has been repeated over the years at regular intervals and just proves that people are not reading their Bibles. They are leaving the reading to others. They believe just what they are told..

ITS TRUE,

The Lord is coming again. Satan is the father of lies, and a “half truth” is his basic starting point. Remember the time when Jesus had not eaten for nearly forty days. By that time some stones could easily “look like” loaves of bread, so Satan suggested, “turn them into bread; eat.” Jesus could have used His powers for himself, but it would have defeated His purpose to go so. He was not deceived by that and he knew just which scriptures to use. Would you know? You wouldn’t if you hadn’t read the Bible.

TURN TO THE WORD

I do not have space to use the all of Matthew 24 and 25, but you will find plenty there to serve your need to help your confused friend. An isolated hurricane, as in New Orleans, a flood as in the Mississippi now, a tsunami as was a few years ago in the far East, the earthquake that hit Japan, the tornado which destroyed much of Joplin, Missouri, and those that have shattered the South East; Even the recent wide fires of Texas. All of these, as treacherous as they have been, are not signs of the Lord’s immediate return. They may be judgments on the sinfulness of mankind, abortions, alcoholism, sexual sins, materialism, and the like, but all these things will come before the end. They are like the budding of the fig trees which tell us Spring is near. (Matthew 24:32-33)

MATTHEW 24:3-8

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8. All these are the beginning of sorrows.

THERE IS MORE TO COME

There is still more. Satan and his own are also at work turning man against man.

MATTHEW 24:9-14

9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

False prophets grow more and more frequent, each with greater violence destroying the faith of many who are weak in knowledge of the word. They have been feasting on the ideas of men and not on the word of the Lord.

It is only after all this that we see, perhaps in desperation, that the “gospel of the kingdom is preached in all the world for a witness to the nations.“

Satan makes one last frantic attack.

MATTHEW 24:15

“When ye therefore shall see the abomnation of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

MATTHEW 24:29-32

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

WHEN WILL HE COME?

No one knows when, but are we ready?

“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” (Matthew 24:37)

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READ THE BIBLE THROUGH AGAIN IN 2011
JUNE

5th. Sunday – 2 Samuel 8, 9. Acts 5:1-16, Proverbs 14:10-18
6th. Monday – 2 Samuel 10, 11, Acts 5:17-42, Psalm 70
7th. Tuesday – 2 Samuel 12, 13, Acts 6, Psalm 71:1-8
8th. Wednesday - 2 Samuel 14, 15, Acts 7:1-36, Psalm 71:9-18
9th. Thursday - 2 Samuel 16, 17, Acts 7:37-80, Proverbs 14:19-25
10th. Friday – 2 Samuel 18, Acts 8:1-24, Psalm 71:19-24
11th. Saturday - 2 Samuel 19, Acts 8:25-40, Psalm 72

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THIS WEEK'S SCRIPTURE

“Then shall he say unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:” Matthew 25:41

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Thoughts on Marriage
1) Marriage is not a word. It is a sentence (a life sentence).

2) Marriage is very much like a violin; after the sweet music is over, the strings are still attached.

3) Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore marriage is an institution for the blind.

4) Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor's Degree and the woman gets her Master's.

5) Marriage is a thing which puts a ring on a woman's finger, and two under the man's eyes.

6) Marriage certificate is just another word for a work permit.