Dark Days, Standing Firm and Our Souls

Darkness is moving fast. Satan's time is short. Few people have any idea how far we are into the apostasy and the preparation for the Antichrist. In the USA, many of those in power are guilty of the murdering of up to 70 million babies. The top level leaders plan to kill millions. They are fermenting revolution in the USA as I write. Our constitution is dead. We are seeing a repeating of what Hitler did. He changed the laws and everything he did was legal. If you are not seeking the Lord and obeying him in righteousness now, how do you think you will stand when it costs you your life?

I believe the scriptures are clear that believers will see the Antichrist and this could be in the next few years. Most people are looking for a rapture instead of the resurrection. We are not appointed to God's wrath, but countless millions of Christians have been murdered since Jesus went to the Father. They experienced the wrath of Satan which is coming on the earth in a way not seen yet. Paul, Sivanus and Timothy tell us in: 

2 Thessalonians 2  ISV:

• 1Now we ask you, brothers, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,a and our gathering together to him, 2not to be so quickly upsetb or alarmed when someone claims that we said,c either by some spirit, conversation, or letter that the Day of the Lord has already come. 3Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for it will not come unless 
• the rebelliond takes place first 
• and the man of sin,e who is destined for destruction,f is revealed. 4He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship. As a result, he seats himself in the sanctuaryg of God and himself declares that he is God.

If you are a child of God and having serious trials currently, please realize it is your heavenly Father preparing you for what is coming. Please understand that the easier your life is, the more money you have, and the more you are caught up in the cares of this life, the more difficult it will be to make the transitions that will be coming on the earth.  

The Holy Spirit is also preparing us to meet Jesus who is coming for a bride who has made herself ready. All the warnings in the scriptures are for our good, to keep us from falling away, and for us to be holy. Half of the ten virgins did not have enough oil and were rejected by the Lord. 

I am reminded of an old song I sang and heard so many times. I shudder to think about the times I walked in rebellion, when I could have crossed the "line that is drawn by rejecting our Lord" and did not value his mercy which is only for a period of time. If you have not turned from your sin and surrendered to the Lord Jesus Christ, this warning may be the last time you can do so. 

Have You Counted the Cost?

1. There's a line that is drawn by rejecting our Lord
   Where the call of His Spirit is lost
   And you hurry along with the pleasure-mad throng
   Have you counted, have you counted the cost?
2. You may barter your hope of eternity's morn
   For a moment of joy at the most
   For the glitter of sin and the things it will win
   Have you counted, have you counted the cost?
3. While the door of His mercy is open to you
   Ere the depth of His love you exhaust
   Won't you come and be healed, won't you whisper, I yield
   I have counted, I have counted the cost

Chorus:

Have you counted the cost if your soul should be lost
Tho' you gain the whole world for your own?
Even now it may be that the line you have crossed
Have you counted, have you counted the cost?