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Laodicean Lackadaisicalness - Part 4 (UPDATED)


See the series here

Are we witnessing the last legs and laps of
Laodicean lackadaisicalness?

In many respects, Church Americana correlates itself with the nation of Israel, both ancient and modern nations. For example, their Egyptian slavery is correlated with the church’s pre-salvation sinfulness; their transit through the (dry) Red Sea-bed is correlated with the church’s spiritual and physical baptism into The Body of Jesus Christ; David’s triumph over the giant, Goliath, is correlated with the church’s fight of faith and victory in Christ over satanic forces; the ancient Israel temples are correlated with the promised return of Jesus to rule the entire Earth from His headquarters in Jerusalem; their Passover feast is correlated with the New Testament’s Last Supper and communion ritual; spiritual Israel represents the olive branch into which the gentile church is grafted, etc. Moreover, God’s election and undying love for the remnant of ancient Israel, to whom He is ‘married’ (because of His relationship with Abraham) correlates to the spiritual  relationship between Jesus, His church and the predicted new heavenly city of Jerusalem on the promised new, eternal Earth. (Revelation 21&22)

Conveniently, however, Church Americana omits at least three extremely important correlations with ancient Israel, correlations that speak to the current Laodicean Church trait.

#1. God Once Abhorred Israel and Judah: The last several generations of the then-separated nation (into 10 northern tribes called Israel, and 2 southern tribes called Judah) first became so lukewarm and then horribly sinful, that God actually loathed and abhorred the majority of the people! After l-o-n-g periods of Grace, then warnings that were flat out rejected, and His prophets slain by them, God moved to point #2 of His declared strategy in managing human affairs, as summarized in Jeremiah 9:24. He severely judged the 10 northern tribes into quasi-oblivion (generally referred to as the lost tribes of Israel), starting with the Assyrian invasion and exile, then their dispersal across Europe and Eurasia. Decades later, He judged the 2 southern tribes, starting with the Babylonian invasion and exile. In both cases, He promised to save a small remnant, to whom He would show mercy once again, starting with the regathering of the remnant in Babylon (which was conquered by ancient Persia), back to the promise land, and eventually with the worldwide regathering of Jews to the promise land “…until no more room is found for them.” (Zechariah 10:10)

So how does this correlate with the Laodicean Church trait? In the final episode of His revelation to John, The Apostle, in Revelation 3:14-22, Jesus, then in His glorified form, dictated letters to 7 churches. His letter to the last church (at Laodicea) reveals His abhorrent loathing of the congregation’s lukewarmness, resulting in believers in-name only who demonstrate no real, intimate relationship with Christ, and none of God’s power impacting the world through them. Though it was still on the receiving end of His Grace, this church was threatened with the most severe judgment, far more severe than judgments against ancient Israel and Judah. The Lord’s threatened judgment was the expulsion (vomiting out) of lukewarm members of this church age, out of His mouth and bodySevere?? I’d say so!

I later sought The Lord to understand whether this vomiting out would be permanent or, through Grace, temporary. Subsequent insights I received from Him (years after writing this current post), explain what this ‘vomiting out’ likely means, how long it might last, and what might lead to its conditioned end. This is consistent with what He promised in Joel 2:28-29 and Acts 2:17-18. It is also fully consistent with the ‘drip-drip’ pattern He revealed to Isaiah in Isaiah 28:10&13, re. how He has been releasing wisdom to humanity, possibly since Adam. I refer you to the following posts: 

These insights are indeed significant, and they address deep confusions across the Christian world about the timing of the next, and also subsequent global resurrection and rapture events.

Lesson for Lackadaisical Laodicean Christians
Avoid selective correlations with ancient Israel