Judgment
In my conversations as of late, I have been telling people that I believe America could have it's wealth RIPPED away from her BEFORE the rapture of the church. So of course that also means that people within The Church will also have their wealth ripped away.
Whatever we are clinging tightly to could be ripped away. Whatever we have been worshiping could be ripped away.
No, this will not be the wrath of God, ("We are not appointed to suffer wrath"....says Paul) but more of a tearing down of false idols (god of Mammon) and also a purification process (cleansing) of The Bride before the Groom comes to collect her. After all, what Groom would want to collect his bride knowing that she had just climbed out of bed after sleeping with another man?
I then ran across this verse in devotions this morning;
For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin with God's household. And if judgment begins with us, what terrible fate awaits those who have never obeyed God's Good News?— 1 Peter 4:17
Friends, who is God's household today? It is claimed believers of Jesus Christ. And what is the state of the U.S. today...which claims to be a Christian nation? Rampant violence, pornography, perversion, lust, greed, gluttony, abortion, gay-marriage, Muslim meals in the White House, wide spread drug use (both illegal and prescription), etc...
The list is long and heinous....and we are RIPE for judgment. And according to the Word of God....judgment will begin with us.
posted by dennis at
12:28 PM
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John 15:1-
I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.
Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit.
You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you].
Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.
I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
If a person does not dwell in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken-off] branch, and withers; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and they are burned.
If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
When you bear (produce) much fruit, My Father is honored and glorified, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine.
I have loved you, [just] as the Father has loved Me; abide in My love.
Hi Dennis,
Check this out, Pelosi Suggests Probe of Funding Sources Behind Opposition to Mosque Near Ground Zero
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08/18/pelosi-calls-mosque-debate-zoning-issue-says-new-yorkers-decide/
Have a look at: Interfaith Alliance Expresses Disappointment In Tone of Discussion About Cordoba House
http://www.interfaithalliance.org/news/393-interfaith-alliance-expresses-disappointment-in-tone-of-discussion-about-cordoba-house
Yours in Christ,
Tom
PS great post April...
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