“While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the [THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN ARE TEMPORAL]; but the [THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN ARE ETERNAL]” (2 Corinthians 4:18).
“[FOR WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE: BUT HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NOT HOPE]: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? [BUT IF WE HOPE FOR THAT WE SEE NOT, THEN DO WE WITH PATIENCE WAIT FOR IT]” (Romans 8:22-25).
The Apostle Paul also said: “[THE KINGDOM OF GOD] IS not in word, but [IN POWER; THAT YOUR FAITH SHOULD] not [STAND] in the wisdom of men, but [IN THE POWER OF GOD]” (1 Corinthians 4:20, 2:5).
“[FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS] not meat and drink; but [RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND PEACE, AND JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST]” (Romans 14:17).
“For the [PREACHING OF THE CROSS] is to them that [PERISH FOOLISHNESS]; but unto us which are [SAVED] it is the [POWER OF GOD]” (1 Corinthians 1:18-19).
“For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to [SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE]” (1 Corinthians 1:21).
“[FOR GOD HATH NOT APPOINTED US TO WRATH], but to [OBTAIN SALVATION BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST]” (1 Thessalonians 5:6-9).
“[JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TODAY, AND FOREVER]” (Hebrews 13:8).
“Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, [WORLD WITHOUT END]. Amen” (Ephesians 3:21).
“For ye are all the children of God by [FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS] ” (Galatians 3:24).
“[WHO HATH SAVED US, AND CALLED US WITH AN HOLY CALLING], not according to our works, but [ACCORDING TO HIS OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE], which was [GIVEN US IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN]” (2 Timothy 1:9).
“NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN” (Hebrews 11:1).
“[FOR WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE: BUT HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NOT HOPE]: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? [BUT IF WE HOPE FOR THAT WE SEE NOT, THEN DO WE WITH PATIENCE WAIT FOR IT]” (Romans 8:22-25).
“[LOOKING FOR THAT BLESSED HOPE, AND THE GLORIOUS APPEARING OF THE GREAT GOD AND OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST]” (Titus 2:13).
“[JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TODAY, AND FOREVER]” (Hebrews 13:8). “Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, [WORLD WITHOUT END]. Amen” (Ephesians 3:21).
“Rejoice evermore. [PRAY WITHOUT CEASING]. [IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS]: for this is the [WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS CONCERNING YOU]” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen” (2 Corinthians 13:14).
“Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from [EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING]: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD” (Psalm 106:48).
The Apostle Paul said: “For ye are all the [CHILDREN OF GOD] by [FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS]” (Galatians 3:24).
“[WHO HATH SAVED US, AND CALLED US WITH AN HOLY CALLING], not according to our works, but [ACCORDING TO HIS OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE], which was [GIVEN US IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN]” (2 Timothy 1:9).
“Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. [BUT NOW WE SEE NOT YET ALL THINGS PUT UNDER HIM]” (Hebrews 2:8).
“NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN” (Hebrews 11:1).
“[FOR WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE: BUT HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NOT HOPE]: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? [BUT IF WE HOPE FOR THAT WE SEE NOT, THEN DO WE WITH PATIENCE WAIT FOR IT]” (Romans 8:22-25).
“[LOOKING FOR THAT BLESSED HOPE, AND THE GLORIOUS APPEARING OF THE GREAT GOD AND OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST]” (Titus 2:13).
“Henceforth there is laid up for me a [CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS], which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and [NOT TO ME ONLY, BUT UNTO ALL THEM ALSO THAT LOVE HIS APPEARING]” (2 Timothy 4:8).
“THEN COMETH THE END, when he shall have [DELIVERED UP THE KINGDOM TO GOD, EVEN THE FATHER]; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power” (1 Corinthians 15:24).
“[JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TODAY, AND FOREVER]” (Hebrews 13:8).“Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, [WORLD WITHOUT END]. Amen” (Ephesians 3:21).
“Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from [EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING]: and let all the people say, Amen. [PRAISE] ye the LORD” (Psalm 106:48).
The Apostle Paul expressed said: “[EXAMINE YOURSELVES, WHETHER YE BE IN THE FAITH]; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you?” (2 Corinthians 13:5).
“[FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH]; and that not of yourselves: [IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD]: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).
“[NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR], [THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN]” (Hebrews 11:1).
“Through [FAITH] we understand that [THE WORLDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORD OF GOD], so [THAT THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN] were [NOT MADE OF THINGS WHICH DO APPEAR]” (Hebrews 11:3).
“While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for [THE THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN ARE TEMPORAL]; but [THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN ARE ETERNAL]” (2 Corinthians 4:18).
“Watch ye, [STAND FAST IN THE FAITH], quit you like men, be strong” (1 Corinthians 16:13).
“For ye are all the children of God by [FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS]” (Galatians 3:24).
“[TAKE HEED, BRETHREN, LEST THERE BE IN ANY OF YOU AN EVIL HEART OF UNBELIEF, IN DEPARTING FROM THE LIVING GOD]. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto [THE END]” (Hebrews 3:12-14).
“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen” (Romans 16:20).
“[BUT WITHOUT FAITH] it is impossible to please him: for he that [COMETH] to God must [BELIEVE] that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently [SEEK] him” (Hebrews 11:6).
“Now [FAITH] is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).
“[NO MAN HATH SEEN] God at any time; [THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON], which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him” (John 1:18).
Therefore, the ONLY WAY to SEEK God is through the Only Begotten Son of God; JESUS CHRIST, and the ONLY human beings who will SEE God are those who LIVE by the FAITH in JESUS CHRIST.
“For ye are all the children of God by [FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS]” (Galatians 3:24).
“For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, [THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH]. For the [INVISIBLE] things of him from the creation of the world [ARE CLEARLY SEEN], being understood [BY THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE], even his [ETERNAL POWER] and Godhead” (Romans 1:17, 20).
Now then, as THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE THINGS THAT ARE ETERNAL IS THROUGH JESUS CHRIST who died for us; for this purpose then WE SHOULD LIVE UNTO HIM AND NOT UNTO OURSELVES (2 Corinthians 5:15).
“[JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TODAY, AND FOREVER]” (Hebrews 13:8).
“Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, [WORLD WITHOUT END]. Amen” (Ephesians 3:21).
The Seventh and Last World Kingdom is COMING, and untold numbers of people are frightened, fearful and frenzied about the coming last years of time when there will rise to power two wicked to rule from Jerusalem over the Last World Kingdom (Daniel 8:23–24; 11:36–37).
This period will lead up to the period of the Great Tribulation which many people fear and have found comfort in the false doctrine of the “rapture” believing that Jesus will come as a thief in the night to take them off the earth to escape this period.
DO NOT BE DECEIVED! There will be NO RAPTURE!
However, for those who believe in this fable, fantasy and fiction, and are having difficulty coming to knowledge of the truth, need to go back in time to see the patience, courage and FAITHFULNESS of three men – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego during the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar over the Babylon world kingdom (Daniel 2:49).
King Nebuchadnezzar had made a very large golden image. On the dedication of this image a decree was established which commanded all people and languages throughout Babylon on the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musical instruments, to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Everyone who did not fall down and worship the image would be at that same hour cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace (Daniel 3:3–6).
Many of the Chaldeans complained to the king that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego refused to worship the gods of the king and to bow down to worship the image which was set up (Daniel 3:12). The king then requested that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego be brought before him.
“Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, ‘Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?’” (Daniel 3:14).
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, ‘O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king’” (Daniel 3:16–17).
King Nebuchadnezzar was furious and he ordered that the furnace be heated seven times more than usual, “and these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace” (Daniel 3:23).
The king then inquired whether it was three men who were cast into the furnace and it was confirmed to be so. However, the king said, “Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God” (Daniel 3:25).
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, ‘Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most High God, come forth, and come hither.’ Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire” (Daniel 3:26).
When they came out of the furnace there was not any hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, or the smell of fire was on them (Daniel 3:27).
For those alive when the Antichrist and then Satan, the Seventh and Eighth World Kings rises to power in the Seventh and Last world kingdom, have NO FEAR.
BELIEVE our Lord JESUS when he says, ““Be thou [FAITHFUL] unto death…” (Revelation 2:10). “But there shall not a hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls” (Luke 21:16–19).
REMEMBER SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO did not perish when they were cast into the furnace of fire (Daniel 3:25)!
Our Lord Jesus also says: “[BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HEAR THE WORD] of God, and keep it” (Luke 11:28). “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: [THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU, THEY ARE SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE LIFE]” (John 6:63).
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that [HEARETH MY WORD], and [BELIEVETH] on him that sent me, hath [EVERLASTING LIFE], and shall not come into condemnation; but is [PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE]” (John 5:24).
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall [NEVER SEE DEATH]” (John 8:51).
“[FEAR NOT, LITTLE FLOCK]; for it is your Father’s [GOOD PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU THE KINGDOM]” (Luke 12:32).
“I am with you alway, [EVEN UNTO THE END OF THE WORLD]. Amen” (Matthew 28:20).
“[FOR THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS] is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the [POWER OF GOD]” (1 Corinthians 1:19).
“For ye are all the children of God by [FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS]” (Galatians 3:24).
We are in the midst of a SPIRITUAL WAR that is going to get very TUMULTUOUS in the COMING leading to the END OF YEARS!
DO NOT underestimate the enemy because he knows his TIME IS SHORT and that TME IS COMING TO AN END (Matthew 8:28–29) (Revelation 12:9, 16:17).
“Work out your own [SALVATION] with fear and trembling that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the [DAY OF CHRIST]” (Philippians 2:12, 1:10).
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the [FAITH]; prove your own selves. [KNOW YE] not your own selves, [HOW THAT JESUS CHRIST IS IN YOU]?” (2 Corinthians 13:5).
“(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)” (2 Corinthians 5:7).
“[ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM, ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL], who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto [EVERY ONE OF US IS GIVEN GRACE ACCORDING] to the measure of [THE GIFT OF CHRIST]” (Ephesians 4:5-7).
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen” (2 Corinthians 13:14).
Our Lord Jesus Christ warned that his COMING will be just as in the days of Noah before the great flood, and in the days of Lot in Sodom and Gomorrah.
He expressed how “they did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and [THE FLOOD CAME], and [DESTROYED THEM ALL].
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, [IT RAINED FIRE AND BRIMSTONE] from heaven, and [DESTROYED THEM ALL]” (Luke 17:27–29).
JESUS asks: “Nevertheless when the Son of man [COMETH], shall he find [FAITH] on the earth? (Luke 18:8).
“[BUT HE THAT ENDURETH TO THE END SHALL BE SAVED]” (Matthew 10:22).
“No man, having put his hand to the plough, [AND LOOKING BACK], is fit for the Kingdom of God” (Luke 9:62).
“Remember Lot’s wife” (Luke 17:32).
Lot, his wife and two daughters were elected to be SAVED from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The angels of God told them, saying: “Escape for thy life; [LOOK NOT BEHIND THEE], neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed” (Genesis 19:17).
Lot’s wife did not BELIEVE the word of God as spoken by the angels of God :…”LOOK NOT BEHIND THEE,…”.. Lot’s wife was disobedient to the word of God; LOT’S WIFE DID NOT ENDURE TO THE END AND LOST HER SALVATION!
Lot’s wife loved life so much in Sodom and Gomorrah that she had to have one last look, but it was not to be, because she turned into a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26).
We must not to look back to this world on this earth to the LUSTS, PLEASURES, AND PRIDE OF LIFE, in other words, the “pollutions” of this world because Peter, a disciple of Jesus warned, saying:
“[FOR IF AFTER THEY HAVE ESCAPED THE POLLUTIONS OF THE WORLD] through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, [THE LATTER END IS WORSE WITH THEM THAN THE BEGINNING]” (2 Peter 2:20).
The Apostle Paul also warned, said: “[TAKE HEED, BRETHREN, LEST THERE BE IN ANY OF YOU AN EVIL HEART OF UNBELIEF, IN DEPARTING FROM THE LIVING GOD]. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto [THE END]” (Hebrews 3:12-14).
“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen” (Romans 16:20).
“Grace be with all them that [LOVE] our Lord Jesus Christ in [SINCERITY]. Amen” (Ephesians 6:23-24).
“[JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, AND TODAY, AND FOREVER]” (Hebrews 13:8). “Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, [WORLD WITHOUT END]. Amen” (Ephesians 3:21).
Let us be reminded that the Apostle Paul said: “[FOR TO ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST, AND TO DIE IS GAIN]” (Philippians 1:21).
“A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; [AND THE DAY OF DEATH THAN THE DAY OF ONE’S BIRTH]” (Ecclesiastes 7:1).
“It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: [FOR THAT IS THE END OF ALL MEN; AND THE LIVING WILL LAY IT TO HIS HEART]” (Ecclesiastes 7:2).
“Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that [FEARETH] God shall come forth of them all” (Ecclesiastes 7:16-18).
“[LET US HEAR THE CONCLUSION] of the whole matter: [FEAR GOD, AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS]: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring EVERY WORK INTO JUDGMENT], with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil” (Ecclesiastes 12:13–14).
“[DEPART FROM EVIL, AND DO GOOD]; and dwell for evermore” (Psalms 37:27).
“The [FEAR] of the LORD is a [FOUNTAIN OF LIFE], to depart from the snares of death” (Proverbs 14:27).
“Blessed be the LORD God of Israel [FROM EVERLASTING, AND TO EVERLASTING]. Amen, and Amen” (Psalm 41:13).
“By [FAITH] Enoch was translated [THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH]; and was not found, because God had translated him: for [BEFORE HIS TRANSLATION HE HAD THIS TESTIMONY], that he PLEASED GOD” (Hebrews 11:5).
“But [WITHOUT FAITH] it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must [BELIEVE] that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Hebrews 11:16).
Jesus, the Only Begotten Sn of God says: “IF THOU CANST BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVETH” (Mark 9:23).
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, [HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME HATH EVERLASTING LIFE]. I am that bread of life” (John 6:47-48).
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: [THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK UNTO YOU, THEY ARE SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE LIFE]” (John 6:63).
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that [HEARETH MY WORD], and [BELIEVETH] on him that sent me, hath [EVERLASTING LIFE], and shall not come into condemnation; but is [PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE]” (John 5:24).
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall [NEVER SEE DEATH]” (John 8:51).
“[I AM HE THAT LIVETH, AND WAS DEAD; AND, BEHOLD, I AM ALIVE FOR EVERMORE], Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death” (Revelation 1:18).
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