As I approached the
U.S. continental divide,
On a very long
drive, coming from the eastern coast,
With the successive
mountain peaks I was so engrossed.
Appearing so close,
crossing them would be one joyride!
Ahhh… once I crossed the first peak,
Surprised, I
thought, ‘Well look at that!’
The relief of the
land …was flat!
I was shocked
beyond belief.
It was over a
hundred miles to the next peak,
Yet approaching it
gave the same sentiment,
That the next
mountain peak would be imminent.
This sequence
repeated itself, peak-after-peak.
For a long time,
similar misperceptions were sown,
Among Abraham’s
descendant generations,
Leading them to
believe devilish deceptions,
That Jehovah God
was for them, and for them alone.
Looking across the
horizon of ancient prophecies,
They downplayed the
ones about salvation for foreigners.
Dominant
influencers were ‘prophecy discounters’,
As they focused on
The Lord’s Messianic promises.
Focusing only on
The Lord’s Messianic mountain peaks,
They sorely missed
His Age (valley) of Grace to all nations.
Persecuting those
who preached that Gentiles could be God’s sons,
Professing to be
wise, they just were Old Testament
pipsqueaks! 1
Now imagine similar
scenarios playing out today,
Among many
Bible-believing Christians across our world.
Major Messianic
prophecies that are yet to unfurl,
Discounted or
discarded in their Messianic peaks
survey.
Focusing only on
Christ’s return, the new Earth and Heaven,
Eternity’s heavenly
bliss, and all that entails,
They deny all the
lengthy valleys Scripture unveils.
Like the
continental divide, their perspectives are wanton.
‘When Christ returns, then the end
will come’,
this focus they maintain. 2
this focus they maintain. 2
Discounting Bible
clues about how the end shall unfold.
3
Thus, from some
pulpits, believers in the pews are told,
‘There’ll be no rapture, tribulation or Millennial Reign!’
Just like the world
of ancient Jewish scholars was rocked,
By the notion of
Gentile salvation,
By a protracted, age-ending notion,
The world of some believers
today may soon …be rocked.
While God’s hints
and clues in His Word, apocalyptical,
May be a challenge
to perceive and to understand,
Devils would love for
us to discount and countermand,
Bible insights for
our great hope, eschatological.
They fully comprehend
God’s intent …and their end,
And the protracted
process by which it’ll all unfurl.
Their job is to
deceive, thus deceptions they will hurl.
RESIST!!! Don’t abet
their job …or your fall portend!
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1 Thinking they were wise, spiritually, they
actually were deceived, sacrilegiously.
2 For example, see: 1 Corinthians 15:20-24
3 In eschatological sections of The Books of
Daniel, Isaiah, Zechariah and Revelation
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