Bible Prophecy and Inspiration

John 14:16-17- ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— ¹⁷ the Spirit of truth.  The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.

Most, but certainly not all, take the Holy Spirit for granted.  Think back before you accepted the Lord.  We were as blinded as the world that does not have Jesus now.  Don’t let that just pass on by.  Embrace those memories and let them motivate you in your quest to know your Lord better.

I can tell you that when you concentrate on the Lord and really seek Him.  His arms are around you all the time.  ALL THE TIME.  He’s your best friend.  Make sure to make every effort to treat Him that way.

Because of the Holy Spirit that the Lord sent, we can know Him.  Without Him we would be in a cloud.  The lost are still in that cloud.  Christians that don’t seek to know the Lord are still in their own cloud. 

Follow Him.  When you take your own paths no matter how good your intentions are, you’re going to cause a mess.

Proverbs 22:6- ⁶ Train a child in the way he should go,
    and when he is old he will not turn from it.

Amen to that.  This is why it takes generations for nations to fall.  It’s an eroding process.

What are some of the things that break the chain from kids being trained by their parents and things being passed down?

The most obvious in America is wealth and prosperity.  It has been a large player in people taking their eye of the real prize which is the Lord.

What’s the advice we’re more apt to give to our daughter’s today?  Go out and get a college degree so you can work and not have to depend on your husband who has a 50% of leaving you and the kids, or if you need to leave him.  That’s a little different than what was taught back 55 years ago.

Where that may be good worldly advice it’s not biblical.  Yet many Christians are now teaching this (obviously with more positive hopes but as a fallback) because it’s the country that we have now eroded to.

When America began to worship wealth, the enemy got a foothold and began creeping into the courts and government.  Little by little they began to rock the boat.  However, as long a prosperity was happening we’ll let them turn up the water just one degree.  As you know after 55-60 years you have almost a boiling frog in the pot.

Satan is trying to build a one world government.  He wants a current Tower of Babel in which man is trying to make his own heaven on earth, WITHOUT GOD.  As we read in Daniel and Revelation, He has a plan to be that world ruler in which everyone is to eventually worship.  This is his plan.  Where did I hear about that?

 Isaiah 14:12-14- “How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’  

The clock is ticking and the Lord’s return is closer than ever.  Focus on Him and serving Him.

1Thessalonians 1:6 –⁶ You became imitators of us and of the Lord; in spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.

We see many falling away from Truth in these last days.

The passage above reminds me of how grateful we need to be that believers did hold onto the Holy Spirit so the Gospel could continue to be passed on.  During severe suffering so many held onto the faith.

We need to continue to seek the Lord and His Word as it strengthens us and our faith.  We never know when the suffering could kick in.  We know this though, it won’t go unnoticed by our Lord.

God is preparing His heroes. And when the opportunity comes, He can fit them into their places in a moment. And the world will wonder where they came from.

A. B. Simpson

That is why we all need to prepare everyday.  So our Lord can use us when He needs to.  Seek Him daily. 

Revelation 22:10-13- ¹⁰ Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near. ¹¹ Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy.”

¹² “Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. ¹³ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Now it has been 2,000 years and he told John not to seal up the book.  He told Daniel to seal up his book, but not John.  Why do you think that is?  I can tell you I believe it’s because it’s healthy for all of the Church to be looking for Jesus everyday and living like He will appear.

Those that were in the first century and looked for Him, those in the second, third, etc., all were doing what our Lord asked.  Everyone that loves the idea of His appearing will all be rewarded.

2 Timothy 4:8-⁸ Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day —and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

Now if there is a crown for longing, yearning for His appearing, do you think it’s important?

I’ve heard people say, it will never happen in my lifetime or I don’t think it will.  Do you think they are longing for His appearing?

If you feel like He could show up at anytime is their more urgency?

There should be.

The signs are present, countries are lining up against Israel and the world is ripe for a one world currency as everyone is broke.  There is something else that is very important.  The world’s most powerful and wealthiest people have been pushing us towards a one world order and are closer than ever.

Will it happen?  The Bible is not a predictor, its history written ahead of time of what’s already happened in the future.  God is outside of time.  He told John and the other prophets of what was going to happen.  That’s when we know the prophecy comes from the Lord.  It’s a hundred percent accurate.

Live for Him.  He’s coming soon with His reward.

Proverbs 28:10- ¹⁰ He who leads the upright along an evil path
will fall into his own trap,
but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

Back to the old adage I continue to bring up.  “It matters.”  It all matters to God.

When I read the first half of that verse, here is the other one that popped into my head immediately.

Matthew 18:6-7-⁶ But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

⁷ “Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

It’s one thing to be a sinner, but another to lead people astray.  Accountability, credit, one’s due.  God is going to hold us accountable for everything, good or bad.  Those who are against God and try to drag others down and tear them away from Him are not going to like their earnings.

We have one lifetime on this earth and some have chosen to be adverse or pick a fight with the Creator of not only themselves, but the whole universe.  Is it me or does that really not sound wise?

People don’t understand that everything is spiritual going on around them.  The content they read, the movies and television they watch, and the music they listen to.  It’s all spiritual.  It’s all part of the big spiritual battlefield.

Here is another set of verses I’m reminded of when reading Proverbs 28:10.

Luke 19:11-27 – ¹¹ While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. ¹² He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. ¹³ So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’

¹⁴ “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

¹⁵ “He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.

¹⁶ “The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’

¹⁷ “‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’

¹⁸ “The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’

¹⁹ “His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’

²⁰ “Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. ²¹ I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’

²² “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? ²³ Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’

²⁴ “Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’

²⁵ “‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’

²⁶ “He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away. ²⁷ But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”

The parable was told to make it clear.  The Lord wants those who love Him to obey and serve Him.  There are rewards for those who do, and a bad end for those that choose to not love and serve Him.  Being in the middle is dangerous if you’re on a road, in a lake, or river.  It’s not a safe haven in the battle we are all facing either.  Choose to serve the King!