The Day is Approaching – It’s Time to Assemble to Worship Him Series – Message 2
It Is Time for Believers to Let God’s Spirit Get Their Ducks in a Roll
The final war of the Gentile Age is not a far distant Happening!
June 10, 2012
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Hebrews 10:25 – Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Mark 13:33-37 – Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. [34] For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. [35] Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: [36] Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. [37] And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
II Thessalonians 2:8-12 – And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: [9] Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, [10] And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. [11] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: [12] That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
From a Maze of Conflict a& Conflict of Clay & Iron Sects comes Reformer Mahdi
And God will send a strong delusion to bond Middle East Islamic Sects as One
Daniel 2:42-44 – And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. [43] And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. [44] And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Revelation 17:12,13,17 – And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. [13] These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. [17] For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
Begin Excerpt from New York Times via World News
Assad’s Response to Syria Unrest Leaves His Own Sect Divided
June 9, 2012
By NEIL MAC FARQUHAR
Beirut, Lebanon
Mr. Assad’s ruling Baath Party professes a secular, pan-Arab socialism, but Sunnis, who make up about 74 percent of the population, have long bridled at what they see as sectarian rule by the Alawites, who are nominally Shiite Muslims and make up only 13 percent of the population.
People like Mr. Abboud say they feel stranded in a no man’s land. Blackballed by their own Alawite community, they find that the Islamists who dominate parts of the armed opposition regard them with murderous suspicion. A few with opposition credentials have been killed.
On the other extreme are Alawites who criticize Mr. Assad as being too soft, saying that his father and predecessor as president, Hafez al-Assad, would have quashed the threat by now.
With Alawite youths dying by the hundreds to defend the government, voices are raised at funerals and elsewhere asking questions like, “Why is the government not doing enough to protect us?” according to the Alawites interviewed.
There were also anti-Assad chants in Alawite neighborhoods like Zahra in Homs, like: “Bashar became a Sunni!” (Mr. Assad’s wife, Asma al-Akhras, comes from a prominent family of Sunni Muslims from Homs.)
Alawite-Sunni tensions reached a new peak after a spate of mass killings, particularly the May 25 Houla massacre of 108 Sunni Muslims, including 49 children. Survivors from Houla and people living near the slaughter last Wednesday in the farming hamlet of Qubeir said the attackers came from Alawite villages. The United Nations said suspicions in Houla were focused on pro-government militiamen known in Arabic as shabiha. Alawites dominate their ranks.
“For the first time, we began to hear directly from our Sunni neighbors that we should leave Damascus and return to our villages,” said Abu Ali, 50, a real estate agent. He said that once the school year ended he expected a flood of such departures out of fear of revenge attacks.
Fear of reprisals has prompted dire warnings from some Alawites that their future is on the line. Afaq Ahmad, a defector from the air force intelligence branch, posted a 10-minute plea on YouTube saying that Alawites have to stop committing collective suicide. He has gained prominence partly because Alawite defectors are rare.
“Does the family of Bashar al-Assad deserve to be the leaders of the Alawites?” Mr. Ahmad asked. “In the face of crimes like this, we cannot stay silent. We should stick to our religious and humanitarian principles because otherwise, history will show no mercy.”
Officials in the Assad government often say that its secular ideology has preserved the harmony among what it calls the “glorious mosaic” of Syria’s many overlapping religions, ethnic groups and tribes. But its critics call that a front for Alawite domination, reversing centuries of fierce discrimination that is reflected in Syrian geography. Scorned as nonbelievers during about 400 years of Ottoman rule and forced to pay a special tax, the Alawites sequestered themselves in impoverished mountain redoubts overlooking the Mediterranean.
Hwaida Saad contributed reporting from Beirut, and an employee of The New York Times from Damascus, Syria.
End Excerpt from New York Times via World News
A POST SALVATION COVENANT OF SALT IN 6 BEATITUDES – 2 Matthew 6:10,33,34 – Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. [33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. [34] Take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Believers cannot lose their position of eternal life in Jesus, but they can lose their salt love covenant of fellowship if they will not let Christ’s indwelling Spirit build the 6 “shall” characteristics in the Beatitudes.
Matthew 5:4-9 – Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. [5] Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. [6] Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. [7] Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. [8] Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. [9] Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
When you perform the Salt Covenant of a Jewish wedding you are combining your individual grains of salt into one unity vial, symbolizing your united life. Your commitment to one another cannot be broken unless you withdraw your fellowship salt of love light from your first love you combined with, because then you no longer manifest it. This type of practice continued in practice for centuries, and was common in many Jewish ministries into the 20th Century. I understand it is still practiced in some marriages today.
A POST SALVATION COVENANT OF SALT WITH BELIEVERS
The beatitudes are a post-salvation covenant of salt. The salt represents the light of Christ’s righteousness performing in believers as they let him manifest it by submission to his mind living in them. It is his righteousness believers are to let him show outwardly from his working in them. Believers are to spiritually resist their carnal nature’s efforts to grieve, resist, or quench his Spirit by blocking his spiritual work in them.
Philippians 2:5 – Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: [13] For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Mark 3:13,14 – And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. [14] And he ordained 12, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
Matthew 5:1-3,10 – And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: [2] And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, [3] Blessed are the poor in spirit: FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. [10] Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
Poor in spirit are those who were saved by grace, in that they received Christ with the attitude of a small helpless child. The righteousness of the saved is the only righteousness they have – Christ’s righteousness is imputed the instant they are saved, and it is eternal. The first and last beatitudes use “IS” because it is a present permanent condition, while the 6 “shall” beatitudes between them are the converting work of Jesus in disciples for a lifetime after salvation of their souls. The 6 are all future tense because where believers reside in the Kingdom of God determined by the degree they let God convert them after salvation.
Luke 22:28-34 – Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. [29] And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; [30] That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. [31]And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: [32] But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and WHEN thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. [33] And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. [34] And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. Matthew 26:35 – Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
THE ETERNAL SOUL SALVATION GIFT – Matthew 11:28 – Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
SOUL REST CAN BE FOUND AFTER SALVATION – Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
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