When the 6th seal is boken, it will bring forth the 'Day of the Lord'. Righr after the full number of saints, who are to be martyred, are murdered because of their testimony of Jesus, Jesus will gather them together to Himself in the air. At that time, they will be transformed into their new glorified bodies and given white horses. Jesus will then bring them with Himelf to the earth, on their white horses, to execute His wrath. Jesus' wrath will come because He must stop those who are destoying the earth with their military weapons, and to avenge the blood of the saints who were martyred. The world will reap what they have sown. The only ones left on the earth at that time are the ones who refused to receive the truth of Jesus to be saved. Like Noah's Ark rescued those from the flood, Jesus is the Ark that will rescue people from the wrath to come. Anyone can get on it.
John writes;
"And I looked when He broke the 6th seal, and there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became
like blood;"
In the very last chapter of the Old Testament, the prophet Malachi wrote this;
"For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every
evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze," says the Lord
of hosts, 'so that it will leave them neither root nor branch."
This is not a pretty picture and it would be easier to not have to paint it, but the fact is, I did not paint the original. This is Jesus painting and I am just painting what I am seeing. It would be nice to paint a prettier picture concerning the end times and I am sure that you can find many who will do that for you. The apostle Paul wrote in his 2nd letter to Timothy in the 4th Chapter, verse 3 and 4;
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to
have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance
to their own desires; and will turn away from the truth, and will turn aside to myths."
I have no reason to tell you anything but what I believe to be true. I don't collect offerings and therefore I am not afraid of loosing your support. For me, this rings true, " To whom much is given , much is required." So because this is what Jesus has revealed to me in His word, I am now required to share what I know and to be as accurate as possible.
Malachi went on to write;
"But for you who fear my name the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings,
and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. And you will tread down
the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am
preparing,"says the Lord of hosts.
So when John wrote that the sun will be black as sackcloth and the whole moon will be as blood, this will be because of the smoke from the burning fire.
The prophet Joel, in his 2nd chapter, is even more descriptive of this event when he writes;
" For the day of the Lord is coming; Surely it is near, A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the moutains,
So there is a great and mighty people; There has never been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it to the years of many generations. A fire consumes
before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden
before them, But a desolate wilderness behind them, and nothing at all escapes them.
Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; and like war horses, so they run.
..........The sun and the moon grow dark, And the stars loose their brightness.
And the Lord utters His voice before His army; Surely His camp is very great,
For strong is he who carries out His word. The day of the Lord is great and very
awesome, And who can endure it.........Now return to the Lord your God, For He is
gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness."
Jesus, throughout all the prophets, has always foretold of this day and warned everybody so that no soul would have to be lost. This message that was spoken through the prophets, cost every one of them their lives. It was not a message that anyone wanted to hear. But with this message, they all wrote about the mercy and grace of God that gives them a way out. The apostle Peter wrote in the same way in the last chapter of his 2nd letter, when in Chapter 3, verses 7, 9, 10 and 13;
"But the present heavens and earth by His word are being reserved for fire, kept for
the day of judgement and destuction of ungodly men.........The Lord is not slow about
His promise, as some count slowness , but is patient towards you, not wishing for any
to perish but for all to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,
in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed
with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.......But according
to His promise we are looking for a new heavens and a new earth, in which
righteousness dwells."
John finishes Chapter 6 with this;
"and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe fruit
when shaken by a great wind. And the sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up;
and every mountain and island were moved out of their place. And the kings of the earth
and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strongand every slave and
free man, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; and they said
to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who
sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come
and who is able to stand?"
The heavens will open and there will no longer be a division between the physical and spiritual realms. Man will be able to look into heaven and see what is coming at them and will desire to hide from its presence.
The prophet Isaiah wote in his 13th Chapter about this day, and refers to the believers role this way;
"I have commanded my consecrated ones, I have even called my mighty warriors, My
proudly exalted ones, to execute My anger. A sound of tumult on the mountains,
Like that of many people! A sound of the uproar of kingdoms, Of nations gathered together!
The Lord of hosts is mustering the army for battle. They are coming from a far country
From the end of heaven, The Lord and His insrtuments of indignation, to destroy the whole
Land."
If you have not read my earlier blogs, please read The New Creation, June 2011. Peace to you.
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