Revelation - Read It, Hear It, Keep It (Poem, Part 1)

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The Book of Revelation, what a prodigious mystery.

It is The Lord’s ‘battle plan’, that’s what I see.

How so?

Over what He gave to man, He’ll re-assert authority,

By wrapping up the last 4 ages of human history. ¹

Therein are blessings for us who read, hear and keep its words.

You see, what this book is about, the world is …on the verge!

What blessings?

It tells us how to miss the worst, and enjoy the best to come!

So I’m doing my part so folks won’t be blind, deaf and dumb!! ²

Read it.

It’s likely ‘the most’ book of The Bible …we love to AVOID,

Maybe because, about the future, it  …makes us PARANOID!

But the people who should be fearful, don’t read it either!!

Thus, by the wisdom this book imparts, we’re not made wiser!!! ³

Hear it.

Hearing it activates our auditory sense,

Which will serve to reinforce our visual sense. ⁴

Part 2 of this rhyme should help you with that.

But first, please take note of this caveat.

 

The climax of a movie is best appreciated,

When watching the whole movie is …not abbreviated!

Reading The Bible as a ‘religious book’, chapter and verse,

Will, to you, make reading and hearing Revelation …adverse!! ⁵

Keep it.

If, like me, you desire MAXIMUM blessings proffered,

Perhaps you’ve also wondered how to keep this book’s words.

Here’s my take:

If, to see the climax of a great movie, you are inclined,

Live your life with ‘the climax of human history’ in mind.

(Makes sense?)

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¹ See: Human History Ages (Series).

² See: Revelation (Series of Series) and Earth’s Next Versions (Series). ‘Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near. (Revelation 1:3) ‘Behold, I am coming quickly [speedily at the appointed time]! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.’ (Revelation 22:7)

³ People who should be afraid are all sinners and backslidden/apostate ex-saints. Both groups refuse to repent of their sinfulness, and thus reject The Lord’s GRACIOUS offer of eternal salvation. His sustainably faithful saints, on the other hand, should have no fears about what He has planned and predicted as judgments for all humans who reject His Grace.

⁴ That’s ‘audio-visual’. ;o)

⁵ Here’s why: The Bible, when activated by The Holy Spirit within us saints, becomes ‘The Mind of Christ’ to us , i.e., the whole, written counsel of God. Reading it as just a or another religious book, focusing on the most appealing, easily understood chapters and verses, will ensure we walk away with only a sliver of The Lord's counsel to humanity, in general, and to His saints, in particular. That’s how many so-called Christians attest ‘God is ONLY kind, loving and gracious’, ergo everything we count as bad and evil, cannot/must not be from Him! Perhaps you may have heard or thought such. The Bible is The Lord's 'Humanity's Earth and Life Management Guide', with not only very clear instructions, but also lots of vivid examples of the results of applying versus ignoring these instructions. See: Historical Countdown - 7 Biblical Ages of Human History (w/Video).

NB: I mention ‘written counsel’ because of what The Lord predicted in Joel 2:28-29, confirmed in Acts 2:17-18. Check it out. Then figure out how YoU can get in the flow. ;o)

Missed Insights About Climate Change (Poem, Part 1)

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The curious response of many Christians...

Global warming: Earth warming from fossil fuels burning.

Climate change: The long-term effects of global warming.

For decades, some folks were trapped in a denialist plot.

They couldn’t perceive they were like ‘a frog in a warming pot’.

That many of these folks are Christian, was quite a shock.

Some denied the problem altogether as ‘fear talk’.

Some viewed it as linked to the apocalypse,

When the world will be in the anti-Christ’s grips. *

Devils saw an opportunity to increase the divide.

Thus, some politicians convinced folks to ‘not believe their eyes!’

Foolish deceptions finally collapsed,

But by then, way too much time had elapsed!

As the whole world is now caught in the throes of climate change,

Governments wrestle with how lifestyles should be rearranged.

As they wonder how to ‘foot the bills’ on top of massive debts,

There has been lots of blame going around for climate change threats!

I’m wondering why did so many Christians get it wrong?!?

Many may simply have joined their ‘follow-our-leaders’ throng,

Just like errant Bible teachings were so rampant,

In the pandemic, when leaders were defiant!!!

Selah…

So let’s uncloak what The Bible predicts and demonstrates,

About the conditions sinfulness on Earth generate.

This may take some time, so please hang in there with me,

As I summarize it all, strategically.

In this review, here’s a pattern I intuited.

Let me know if you think history exhibits it:

From some predictions, climate changes arrived.

From these conditions, other changes derived.

See Part 2

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* See: anti-Christ (Series).

Missed Insights About Climate Change (Poem, Part 2)

 

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The back story...

First, let’s deal with what global warming and climate change are not.

They're not apocalyptic, as some Christians may have been taught. ¹

They’re cumulative effects of selfishness,

And to Earth’s needs, our lack of responsiveness.

As Earth-stewards, The Lord God enthroned man,

But we have all rebelled with our own plans.

To accumulate wealth, no matter the consequences!!!

Our rebellion triggered The Lord’s predicted responses.

These were first revealed to Moses in Mt. Sinai’s cloudy hue.

He shared them with us all in Deuteronomy 32.

Later, they were revealed in Ezekiel’s scene.

He shared them with us in Ezekiel 14. ²

Unpacking The Lord’s predicted responses, this you will see:

They have clearly dominated much of human history!

Yet, to heed what Moses and Ezekiel revealed, we did not!

We simply adapted and thus, grossly ‘failed to connect-the-dots!’

In adapting, we triggered, then attracted conditions,

That, all across our world today, are being auditioned!!

None of our feeble or strong efforts to deal with these,

Addressed root causes, about which The Lord is dis-pleased!!!

We focus on climate, but the real context is much broader:

Earth’s entirety -- physical and spiritual order.

Moses revealed when gross sinfulness on Earth expands,

It will trigger her to vomit folks out of their lands.

VOILA, our world today~ ³

You see, The Lord is preparing both the Earth and us,

For two strongmen who will be the dominate focus,

During the next two ages of our history:

The anti-Christ and Jesus Christ, both globally.

What if part of His preparations include our clamoring,

For strongman governments that citizens will be adoring?

If so, count that as Grace to ease the shock,

So when things ‘go global’, we will not squawk!

Friends~

Within this broader context, the ‘climate change’ label,

Is just one more human adaptation …that’s feeble.

Our late and mis-guided efforts to address it,

Might trigger, then ENLARGE the anti-Christ’s ambit!

‘How so?’, you might wonder.

Our climate change blunders,

PLUS The Lord’s next resurrection/rapture event,

Could trigger that man’s uncloaking, then his ascent. ⁴

See Part 3

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¹ See: Revelation (Series of series)

² See: Deuteronomy 32:23-25, best read in context of the chapter.

Ezekiel had several visions of/from Jesus Christ, The Lord God. 

The Lord’s primary sin-judgments are: famine, wild beast attacks, warfare and pestilence. These can be applied to individuals, families, societies, nations, and globally to the whole world. While it may be unsafe to presume EVERY time these manifest is a specific judgment from The Lord. But such should be a ‘wake-up call’ to assess ourselves, families, societies, nations and world! The Book of Revelation predicts during the apocalypse, ALL FOUR will be applied GLOBALLY! Now that will be a serious wake-up call!!! For more, see: Four Judgment Henchmen, Explained, and also: Revelation (Series of Series).

³ See: Elephant in the Room (Poem).

⁴ See: The 6th Seal, Civilization's Reset? (Series). I intuit the combination of worsening climate change PLUS the next, predicted, global resurrection/rapture event of The Lord's faithful believers from this current, 3rd age of human history, will likely trigger such global angst, that populations in many, if not all nations, will DEMAND SOMEBODY, ANYBODY who can calm nerves and quickly address MASSIVE problems (get this), WITHOUT the typically slow, dragged-out, democratic processes! What do you intuit?? (Email: KeyofJLife@gmail.com) 

Missed Insights About Climate Change (Poem, Part 3)

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Our misguided responses, and results...

Adapting to judgments in ways diverse,

Triggered predicaments that were much worse!

Q: How can that be?! To survive was our only goal!

A: We simply dug ourselves deeper, in sinful holes!!!

Our responses were defensive, without repentance.

Before The Lord, wouldn’t that be seen as our imprudence??

With what concerned Him, we showed no diligence.

That nullified our defensive resistance.

To sin-judgments, we respond with blameful parlance,

In failed efforts to proclaim our own innocence;

Then with money to develop programs,

And with science to break through tough logjams. ¹

Though, to us, our responses may have been effective,

They didn’t address root issues, from Heaven’s perspective!

Think…

What happens when we chop down a massive tree,

But leave the stump and roots in the ground …free??

To famines, we adapted by/with _____.

To wild beast attacks, we adapted by/with _____.

To warfare, we adapted by/with _____.

To pestilences, we adapted by/with _____.

Go ahead. Fill in the blanks based on what you know,

And think, from many, how more sinfulness did grow:

More at levels personal, familial, societal,

And don’t forget levels national and international.

Linking the 5 levels, to 4 judgment types we ‘knocked down’,

Yields 20 LARGE tree stumps with roots that we left in the ground.

Because, to us, the root systems are invisible,

We think our adaptation jobs, were impeccable. ²

At the 5 levels, those 20 trees will grow back, with vengeance!

And once again, we’ll surely respond …without any penance.

Spiritually-imperceptive we are,

And thus we shall be, as planet Earth, we mar.

It’s time to redefine what we’ve called, ‘climate change’.

And to stop allowing gross sinfulness, free range.

Perhaps, with genuine repentance, at the 5-noted levels,

The Lord will open our eyes to sin, and shut them to our laurels.

I’ve wondered whether the reason for the Millennial Reign,

Might be because spiritual wisdom, we’ve chosen to deign.

If so, you who are wise, please join me in this prayer:

Lord, Please speed-up your return, to relieve these pressures. ³

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‘Lord, The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come,
And time to judge the dead, and reward Your prophets and saints,
And those who fear Your Name, small and great,
And to destroy those who destroy the Earth.’ ⁴

(An angel thus speaks in Revelation 11,

prior to the apocalypse.)

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¹ The sciences include (but are not limited to): (a) agricultural/agronomic, (b) veterinary/animal, (c) military/defense, and (d) medical/pharmaceutical, keyed to The Lord’s 4 sin-judgments against our persistent, unrepentant sinfulness. We think these and other sciences have ‘saved our bacon’ when severe judgments strike.

² Thus, since Adam, we have been persistently …deceiving ourselves. 

³ See: Matthew 24, emphatically confirmed in Mark 13. Deign: to condescend with a superiority attitude.

⁴ Truncated for brevity. NB: Don’t be deceived or misled. All and any form is sin, is destructive to Earth, in one manner or another.