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Jesus’ Return
God's
final warnings!
What
final warnings will God give humanity before Jesus' return? Will people be able to be saved
from his wrath?
God
says there have been many witnesses already extant in the world.
The apostle Paul, in the book of Colossians, states that the
final witness and warnings of the Word had already be preached "to every creature in heaven"
in the first century A.D. (Colossians 1:23).
The
prophets of God came with another type of final warning and witness.
A prophet would tell Israel, "Don't do this. Don't do this."
The
prophets and preachers of righteousness have their place but they are NOT the
ultimate witness.
The
book of Revelation states that in the end time just ahead of us there are going
to be two witnesses who will warn the world of what will happen if they do not
repent (Revelation 11:3).
For
three and a half years Revelation's two witnesses are going to be invincible.
No one will be able to kill them during their ministry of final warnings just
before the return of Christ.
At
the end of their forty-two month period of service, however, they are going to
be allowed to be killed.
Their
bodies will be unburied for three days until they are miraculously resurrected.
Revelation, however, reveals still other witnesses from God.
In
Revelation 6 we read of the sixth seal. It is a time, in the near future, when
the sun will darken and the moon will look like the color of blood.
The
sky over the earth will appear as if it is being scrolled back (Revelation 6:12-14).
When
the moon turns like blood, the sun grows dim, the heavens roll back, and a
giant earthquake takes place - that's a pretty big final witness, wouldn't you
say?
Another
witness is the trumpet plagues. God opens up one after another of these plagues
and EACH of them constitutes a warning to repent of sin.
After
the seventh angel sounds his trumpet, loud voices are heard in heaven with a
message that is especially noteworthy.
'The power to rule over the
world belongs now to our Lord and his Messiah, and he will rule forever and
ever!' (Revelation 11:15)
It
is unclear whether these voices in heaven and the sounding of the seventh angel are
heard on earth.
But
another voice certainly is, an angel given the task of preaching the gospel to
the entire world (Revelation 14:6).
Here
is an opportunity to obtain mercy this late in the Book of Revelation. God is
sending this angel with one more giant appeal.
The
appeal is you can still mend your ways and choose to fear the Eternal. You can
still worship Him. You can still put your life in His hands. But this is not
all.
Three angels
warn
While the first angel has come out proclaiming, "Fear God . . ." (Revelation 14:7) a
second one comes and loudly proclaim that the Babylonish system that has
governed the world since Adam has fallen for its final time (Revelation 14:8)!
Babylon
the Great is what everyone is worshipping at this point in prophecy. She
made all the nations drunk from her false teachings and deceptions.
The second angel says in effect, "She's gone. Do not worry about Babylon. You can still fear
God."
The
last of three angels then gives their warnings that those who receive the mark
of the beast will receive the Eternal's personal WRATH as their punishment (Revelation 14:9 - 10).
God's
warnings do not end with the message of the three angels!
Even
at this late date in prophecy there are people who are so deceived by the
world's Babylonian system, so attached and addicted to it, that they still
believe in it and refuse to change their ways!
In
Revelation 16 we find the fourth angel pouring out some kind of bowl on the sun
which causes it to BURN people on the earth.
The
burning will be so intense that those alive will curse God (Revelation 16:8-9).
There
are certain people who are not going to repent.
But,
evidently, all through this time there ARE others who are finally repenting.
Revelation
goes on to state that, sadly, MANY people will refuse to repent of their evil
deeds (Revelation 16:11-12).
Even
within the last plagues God gives man a chance to repent and change his ways!
Severe plagues
Why are the plagues of Revelation so gruesome? People are
dying and the waters have been turned to blood.
The
sun comes out to scorch men. Earthquakes take place. Hail comes out of heaven
and all the rest.
Why is God so harsh? Is He harsh because somebody walked by
a religious magazine, looked at it, and threw it down and said, "I don't believe that?"
Would the Creator then go on to say "You deserve to be scorched and tortured and tormented and bombed
and blown apart because you rejected my message in a magazine"?
No,
this is not the attitude of our Father in heaven. Instead, He is mercifully
offering several warnings for humans to repent and turn from their sins.
The
people who hold out until the final last plagues understand what they are
doing.
They
have dismissed all the warnings from God they have received and have chosen to
hold onto the mark of the beast and to worship the beast and his image.
They
have chosen to reject the message of repentance from the two witnesses and to
spurn the heavenly signs.
They
have chosen to REFUSE to obey and worship the true God and instead give their
devotions to His enemy.
The
final plagues are so severe because the people in the End time have become
entrenched and hardened in sin.
Those
who hold on until the last plagues and who are blaspheming our Father when he
brings these plagues are NOT those who have subscribed to a few false doctrines
or not known some of the Bible's truths.
These
are people who have gone through multiple warnings without believing and acting
on anything!
These
people are caught up in a powerful deception, gripped in a perverted state of
mind.
You
have been warned to repent, in advance of God’s judgement to come, through this
article. It is now your move.
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