Purging Out the Rebels

“And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me…and ye shall know that I am the LORD.” — Ezekiel 20:38

“…take heed lest he also not spare thee.” — Romans 11:21

What gets lost in the noise of Christian Zionism is the clear warning of scriptures given to those who profess to know the Lord but in works deny him[1]. Paul tells us that the calamities that fell upon Old Covenant national Israel are written for our admonition[2]. Drunk on cheap grace, the modern church has forgotten that the LORD will judge his people.[3]Lest we dismiss these words as “old” testament, Peter says that “judgment must begin at the house of the God,[4]” which is the heart, mind and body of the believer. 

The Vision of Ezekiel. Francisco Collantes

“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy, for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”[5]

When we look at the state of American Christianity we see the signs of a field ripe for harvest. Like Old Covenant Israel the modern church is abounding with unscriptural worship, false doctrine, heresies, covetousness, sexual immorality, and a casting off of the scriptures and word of God. Evil men and seducers wax worse and worse[6] among us.

If God was willing to whet his sword against Israel[7] we are told not to boast in ourselves or be high-minded but fear[8]. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God[9].

They are not all Israel, which are of Israel,[10]and neither are they all Christians because they say they are.

“And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” — Revelation 20:15

Selah.

Scriptures:

[1] Titus 1:16

[2] 1st Cor 10:11

[3] Ps 135:14, Deut 32:36

[4] 1st Peter 4:17

[5] 1st Cor 3:17

[6] 2nd Tim 3:13

[7] Ezk 21:3, Deut 32:41

[8] Rom 11:20

[9] Heb 10:31

[10] Rom 9:6

You Have to Tell Them Again...and Again...and Again.

“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.”

— Proverbs 31:8

“And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.” — Revelation 10:10-11

Their line is gone out through all the earth[1], and His word is forever settled in heaven.[2]There are more Bibles in circulation right now in more languages than ever before. And yet professing Christians are probably on average no more biblically literate now than they were in the Dark Ages. We have been commissioned to take this word out into the world and teach all nations[3]. Friends, how can we teach something we don’t know ourselves?!

A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.[4]If you are in Christ, your life is hid with Christ in God.[5]Meanwhile, the way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble[6].”

First, we must have compassion on the lost and intercede for them before God in prayer as Moses did in Exodus 32:11-14 and the Lord did in Luke 23:34. Then we must take this authoritative and inspired word of God to peoples, nations, tongues, and kings. Yes, even those in authority must have the Word of God brought to them. None seek after God[7].

The word of God is sweet to us, but the knowledge of the wrath to come is bitter. We long for the Lord to come and judge the nations in righteousness and equity,[8] but we also know what that will mean for everyone without Christ. Our orders are to preach the word, be instant in season, out of season[9]. We do not know where the good soil is[10], our job is to plant the seeds of the gospel everywhere we can.

“….ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” — 1st Corinthians 15:58

Scriptures: [1] Ps 19:4 [2] 119:89 [3] Mat 28:19 [4] Prov 22:3 [5] Col 3:3 [6] Prov 4:19 [7] Rom 3:11 [8] Ps 98:9 [9] 2nd Tim 4:2 [10] Mth 13:23

Perpetual Sleep

“Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.”

— Jeremiah 51:56-57

“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief….Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.”

— 1st Thessalonians 5:3-6

Our God is a god of recompenses. Those that love lies will inevitably be forced to eat the fruit of their own way. For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.[1]

Therefore we can rest assured that no tyrant or evildoer will prosper for long. Fret not thyself because of evildoers…For they shall soon be cut down like the grass.[2] God uses sin sinlessly to advance His kingdom, and sometimes that means allowing corrupt governments to exist, or egregious crimes to be committed. The wickedness of the Babylonians purified the remnant of Judah and wrought judgment against the apostates as surely as Israel’s conquest of Canaan had been a judgment against the people living there before them.

A sign that a civilization is ripe for this kind of judgment is what’s known as judicial hardening. This hardening causes people to persist in every kind of wickedness without remorse, even as it destroys the fabric of society around them. A strong delusion,[3] a lying spirit,[4] and collective drunkenness[5] all characterize the mighty and proud men of the earth before calamity[6] comes upon them. And God takes full credit for sending this spirit of slumber and drunkenness upon the people. He is the Judge.

William Blake , Nebuchadnezzar

But to the meek who shall inherit the earth[7], it is written: The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow[8].

If you are faithfully witnessing for Christ’s kingdom and your words fall on deaf ears, the Lord instructs you to shake off the dust and keep moving.[9]For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness[10]…

Keep preaching the gospel, studying the Bible, and watch unto prayer.[11] He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.[12]

Maran-atha[13]!

Christ will come.

Scriptures: [1] Ps 75:6-7 [2] Ps 37:1-2 [3] 2nd Thess 2:11 [4] 1st Kings 22:23 [5] Rev 17:2 [6] Prov 6:15 [7] Matth 5:5 [8] Prov 15:25 [9] Matth 10:14-15 [10] 1st Cor 1:18 [11] 1st Pet 4:7 [12] Rev 22:11 [13] 1st Cor 16:22