"You alone are the Lord, you have made heaven,
the heaven of heavens, with all their host,
the earth and everything on it,
the seas and all that is in them,
and you preserve them all."
Nehemiah 9:6
God is the creator of all that is. Mankind does not want to believe that though. Have you ever wondered why? Why do people so insist on "the theory of evolution," which of course is only a "theory" instead than the Creator which is the truth? Evolution certainly isn't treated as a "theory," in fact, many a professor has lost his job for suggesting that the world came into being by a Creator.
So what's the big deal? Why are teachers REQUIRED to teach children "the theory of evolution?" Why are they forbidden to teach that God created all that is?
The answer is that when one acknowledges that there is a Creator, it follows that we are the creation, and that means we are accountable to the Creator. Mankind does not want to subject himself to a Creator, he insists on being his own law-maker. He insists on relying on his own "wisdom." He decides that he alone will decide for himself his definition of morality. And that's it in a nutshell - men will not acknowledge the Creator because the consequence of believing in a Creator is unacceptable to them. Deny him though they do, yet the fact remains that the Creator has created all that is whether anyone wants to believe it or not.
Those who don't believe what God has said have valued their own “wisdom” above the wisdom of almighty God.
The very first sentence in the Bible:
"In the beginning God CREATED the heavens and the earth."
Genesis 1:1
God's very first words in the Bible tell man that God is the CREATOR.
That's the first thing he has revealed to mankind. It's the first thing man needs to know.
The Scriptures go on to tell us that not only is God the Creator, but specifically Jesus Christ is the one who created all that is.
“FOR BY HIM ALL THINGS WERE CREATED that are in heaven
and that are on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.
ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM.
And he is before all things, AND IN HIM ALL THINGS CONSIST."
Colossians 1:16-17
We who have received Jesus Christ bow to him willingly. The day will come though, when those who denied him will bow before him forcibly.
"As I live, says the Lord,
EVERY knee shall bow to me,
and EVERY tongue shall confess to God.
So then each of us shall give account of himself to God."
Romans 14:11-12
I chuckle as I think of Biden, Obama, Hillary, and Bill Gates bowing their knee before Jesus Christ and confessing that he is LORD. Can you imagine George Soros bowing his knees before Jesus? As unimaginable as that may seem, every one of them surely will:
"Therefore God also has highly exalted him
and given him the name which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus EVERY knee should bow,
of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
and that EVERY tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father."
Philippians 2:9-11
"In him all things consist…"
See a clip that dramatically shows HOW he holds all things together, HOW "in him all things consist."
This is awesome:
"But although he had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in him, that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: 'Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?' Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: 'He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts...'" John 12:37-40 Some believe in predestination, and they might quote this verse to prove their point, saying that if God blinds someone's eyes, it's not their fault if they don't believe. But there's far more to this than that. God does not arbitrarily blind eyes and hearts. Scripture tells us: "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness, but is long-suffering toward us, NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH but that all should come to repentance." 2nd Peter 3:9 This passage states clearly that the Lord is long-suffering toward sinners, and it states clearly that he is not willing that ANYONE perish. If God is NOT willing that ANYONE perish, then obviously he isn't going to arbitrarily blind the eyes and hearts of unbelievers, but he will wait in all long-suffering until the point where they have so hardened their own hearts that there is no possibility of repentance. THEN, and only then, will the Lord pronounce judicial blindness upon them. In the first passage above, we read that before he blinded their eyes, these unbelievers had had every possible chance to repent. Indeed, we are told that they were eyewitnesses of the many signs Jesus did before them, healing people of hopeless diseases, casting out demons, and even raising the dead. Yet many were not convinced by these signs, and refused to believe in him. This passage shows us that it is not signs and wonders that establish faith. Imagine watching Jesus for more than 3 years working all these wonderful things before their very eyes, yet they refused to believe and receive him. So if it's not signs and wonders that produce faith, what does then? "But they have not all obeyed the Gospel. For Isaiah says, 'Lord, who has believed our report?' So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." Romans 10:16-17 What characterizes the unbeliever is his refusal to receive the Word of God. When a person has chosen not to heed the Word of God (the Bible), then even if he sees something supernatural he will not come to repentance because his heart is determined to refuse to obey it. THIS then, is the one who will eventually be so hardened that the Lord will give him over to his unbelief and blind his eyes. But note that the decision is made by the unbeliever, and he will have no excuse in the day of judgment. Jesus told of the rich man who died and went to hell. The man in hell asked that someone be sent to his brothers to warn them, so they wouldn't come to this place of torment. "...for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come to this place of torment.’ Luke 16:28 The man was told that they need to heed the Word of God ...but the man disagreed: vs 30: ‘No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ "No???" “No???” ...he refused the answer, which clearly shows why he was in hell in the first place. He was emphatically told that if they don't believe the Word of God, nothing will change their hearts, not even miracles: vs 31: But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’ ” But to those who do receive the Word of God, great understanding will be given to them: When Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16 ). On hearing that, Jesus said to him: vs 17: “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not REVEALED this to you, but my Father who is in heaven." In other words, upon Simon Peter's choice to believe the truth of who Jesus was ...it was revealed to him. He didn't understand it, but his faith was soundly in Jesus, whether Peter understood or not. It can't come any other way. It can come only through revelation, and revelation will only come to those who choose to believe the Word of God. Make your choice, therefore. Don't cast your lot with the brothers who went to hell because they chose to refuse the Word of God. Your choice will determine your eternity.
"Have I not written to you excellent things
of counsels and knowledge,
that I may make you know
the certainty of the Words of truth,
that you may answer Words of truth
to those who send to you?”
Proverbs 22:20-21
Counsels and knowledge…
Wisdom is not acquired by the resources of the world, which are often wrong or deceiving. People heed "experts," but experts can be wrong, sometimes very wrong. They develop their knowledge from the wrong sources. Their counsels come from the wisdom of the world, and that is certain foolishness. If you take a course in philosophy, there it becomes most obvious that the wisdom of the world is foolishness. That's what God calls it:
"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God."
1st Corinthians 3:19
The source of true wisdom is the Word of God, and it is certain, it is sure. Therefore, any position that opposes the Word of God is foolishness. For example, the "theory" of evolution. The world insists that people believe it, in fact professors have lost their jobs for refusing to teach it as truth, but the bottom line is that it contradicts God's account of how this world came into being, and so it is just foolishness. When you note the multitudes of people who believe it, you get some idea of the magnitude of the foolishness of the world, for this is only one "theory" that is clearly false, therefore it behooves us to look with a critical eye at all the philosophies of the world.
We live in a time in history like no other time. These are "the last days" spoken of throughout the Bible. The Lord told us what to watch for, and the things he said to watch for are here, right before our eyes.
What are some of those things? Well, he spoke of the day when we'd see the budding of the fig tree. The fig tree in the Bible is a symbol of Israel. When these words were written it was shortly before the destruction of Jerusalem in the year 70 A.D. Then for two thousand years, Israel lay desolate and the Jewish people were scattered throughout the world, in every nation on the face of the earth. The generation we're living in is the generation that has seen the rebirth of the nation of Israel in 1948 and God's program of regathering the Jews from throughout the world back to the land of their forefathers. This is that generation. The rebirth of the nation of Israel is the sign believers were told to watch for. It’s here. It has happened in our generation.
It's almost comical to watch the great men of the world deciding how they're going to solve the "Arab-Israeli" conflict. If they knew the Word of God, they would cease trying because they would know they are not going to succeed. God has shown in his Word how that conflict is going to be settled, and there is no great man on earth who will be able to accomplish it, except the Antichrist who will bring in a false and deadly peace which will end terribly. No, God alone will settle it.
In Matthew 24 the Lord gave many more things to watch for, and they're all here - wars, rumors of war, ethnic group against ethnic group, earthquakes, famines, and pestilence (which is disease.) Some might say, "we've always had those things since the beginning of time." Yes, but that's not the point. Every generation has had its great war or its great earthquake or its great plague. The sign to look for is the generation that has ALL of them - increasing in frequency and intensity. This is unquestionably that generation.
We are on the cusp of the beginning of Satan's time. He will have seven years to give it his best shot. He will raise up the man whom the Bible calls the "Antichrist" who will work together with another man whom the Bible calls "the False Prophet," and they will begin the time on earth that Jesus Christ warned about, the time called "the Great Tribulation." It's blatantly obvious that we're nearing the time. It will be Satan's hour. And it will be as hell on earth. How terrible will it be? Jesus answered that:
"For then there will be great tribulation,
such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time,
no, nor ever shall be."
Matthew 24:21
The Lord has promised to remove born-again believers from the earth before that seven-year period begins, in an event called "the Rapture." Satan has gone to great lengths to mock at this event, causing men to come up with all kinds of arguments telling why they don't believe it. At the bottom of this article there is a link to a Rapture site refuting each of their arguments.
Again, this widespread scoffing is a great example of "foolishness," just as the warnings of the flood of Noah seemed as foolishness to the men watching him build an ark in a place where it didn't rain - and oh how they mocked him! The fact is ...the rains came and they all perished except for Noah and his family. Jesus said the last days of this present age will be "as the days of Noah." God has raised up men for this time and as Noah did, they're bringing this message for all who will receive it. The world not only doesn't believe, but they scoff at and mock those who do. And the result is going to be the same. They will perish.
What characterized "the days of Noah?" Two major things: sexual perversion and violence. And those involved in these practices laugh at the Noahs of our day. They scoff at anyone bringing this message.
"...knowing this first that SCOFFERS will come in the last days,
walking according to their own lusts, and saying,
'Where is the promise of his coming?
For since the fathers fell asleep,
all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.'"
2nd Peter 3:3-4
The global "New World Order" is the kingdom of the Antichrist developing right now before our eyes. It will bring in the great Tribulation. So I say to you don't be a fool, do not be out of God's favor as the course of history turns with ominous events hanging in the balance. Don't be a scoffer.
Am I alarmed? Yes and no. God has brought me into his kingdom and my safety is in him. But I AM alarmed for loved ones who have not been saved. And for the multitudes who are scoffing now.
If you are not ready to stand before your Creator, I solemnly urge you to settle this. Jesus said "you MUST be born again." That is not a suggestion. Hear him.
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The Doctrine Of The Rapture