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October 1999 END TIME
REVIVAL "As it was in the days of Noah ..... the flood came and
destroyed them all." "As it was in the days of Lot ..... fire
and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all so will it be on the
day when the Son of man is revealed. (Luke 17:26-33) "When the Son of man comes, will he find
faith on earth?" (Luke 18:8) Those
words from Jesus do not sound at all like worldwide, large scale, end time
"revival"! Count
the heads! ..... In the days of Noah, there were ONLY EIGHT left in all the
world, who were saved from the flood "through water"! (1 Peter 3:20) Count
the heads! ..... In the days of Lot, there were LESS THAN TEN left in Sodom,
for whose sake (if they could have been found) the LORD would have preserved
the city from destruction! (Genesis 18:32) If
we take Jesus literally, we can expect a time to come when there will not be
found ten righteous people in any city, anywhere in the world ..... when
there will be no more than eight left in ALL THE WORLD ..... considered
worthy to escape the fires of the "Day of The Lord". When
will the fire fall? Only after the last person whose name is written in the
Book of Life, has come to repentance ..... and when at the same time, the
wickedness of the human race fills this earth as completely as it did in the
days of Noah ..... THEN the "Day of the Lord" will come like a
thief, and this present world and its wicked works will be completely burned
up. (1 Thessalonians 5:2) Read
carefully. Noah
was saved because he was a "PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS"! (2 Peter 2:5) He
preached righteousness, and when it was all done, the whole human race had
rejected the message! Noah alone is recorded as walking with God! (Genesis 6:8-9) Are we willing to join with Noah to walk alone
with God, and face that same total rejection in these "last days"? But
the most important message in those words of Jesus, is NOT about HOW MANY
faithful will be found, but whether THE FAITH will be found IN US! It is
directed individually to our own hearts. It
is a sad commentary on those who THINK they KNOW ABOUT the Kingdom, that many
of them seem no longer able to agree amongst themselves about what
"righteousness" means! To
preach the Kingdom of God effectively we also must walk with God in
righteousness ..... and preach THAT to others as a CONDITION of inheriting
the Kingdom. To
do that effectively we must not only KNOW WHAT IT IS academically, but also
hunger and thirst to EXPERIENCE it within ourselves! (Matthew 5:6) When
Jesus comes, will He find US still striving OURSELVES, for the personal
HOLINESS, without which no one will see God? (Hebrews
12:14) Allon "Those who are wise shall shine like the
brightness of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness, like
the stars for ever and ever." (Daniel 12:3) |