Anti-Christ: Not Who! How? (Poem, Part 3)

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  One who’ll arise on the world’s stage will be ‘the son of satan’,

An attractive, wise man, before, by plagues, the world is smitten. ¹

Called ‘anti-Christ’ in The Bible, he’ll quickly rise to power,

And over most things in life on Earth, he will then soon tower.

While many folks long wondered who this man might be in their days,

Reportedly, some Christians were even caught up in this maze.

This suggests, of what The Bible says about his arrival,

They weren’t aware, so they ‘cast shadows’ on foes, political.

The Bible is clear: He won’t be revealed until we’re gone,

And that we’ll encounter him when, with Christ, we return home. ²

Rather than focusing on ‘who’ he’ll be, it's more instructive,

To learn how, to folks, he’ll be so …deceptively impressive!

As noted, he’ll be as wise as he’ll be attractive,

Qualities that, across our world, are soooo lucrative!

Possibly in response to demands from folks all over,

He’ll apply these qualities to mounting plagues disasters!

Recall how ancient Egyptian magicians responded,

To pre-exodus plagues when their nation was desponded?

At first, when they had some responsive successes,

‘Till The Lord ‘turned up the heat’ on their circuses!! ³

Now recall how, during His three-year ministry circuits,

Jesus attracted LARGE crowds for His ‘miracle credits’.

Since devils are not creative beings, they only mimic,

Whatever they experienced in, and saw from Heaven’s tactics. ⁴

But Jesus only moved within a small radius.

And His meetings were in no way …‘techno-copious’!

Imagine the kinds of incredibly good things he did,

Being flipped for wicked use across the world's entire grid!!

Add to your imagination easy access,

To every modern technological progress,

In a world being slammed with The Lord’s worst ever punishments!!

Voila! That’s the broad outline of the anti-Christ’s government!

There’s one thing Jesus sparked that folks in His day did not know,

Something the anti-Christ will try in his scenario:

Across the world, Jesus caused ALL of the calendars to change!

An angel told Dan, ‘The law and times he’ll try to rearrange.’ ⁵

Many nations changed their calendars when they realized,

The significance of Christ’s life, after He was crucified.

With BC and AD notations, His cross now's the fulcrum,

Of how the world divides ‘core time’ since creation of Adam. ⁶

Incredibly jealous of this significance and glory,

The anti-Christ will try his best to enhance his own story.

But he will fail, and will do so very miserably,

When, in BLAZING GLORY, Christ starts His …global Monarchy! ⁷

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¹ See: Daniel 7:20, Zephaniah 3, Haggai 2, Zechariah 14, Matthew 24, and Revelation 7

² See: 2 Thessalonians 2. Apostle Paul attests 3rd age believers, both dead and alive, will be resurrected and raptured, prior to the revealing of the anti-Christ. Many Bible teachers erroneously teach that Bible references to ‘saints’ during the 4th age of history, the tribulation age, refer to is 3rd age Christians! Matthew 27:51-53 reveal ALL 1st and 2nd ages believers, were resurrected with Jesus. A few were seen in and around Jerusalem. Worldwide, there were raptured, very likely onto thr long-promised, new, eternal Earth. See: Earth’s Next Versions (Series). Thus, we will only encounter him, his prophet/prime minister, and his 7-10 national allies, when we return, With The Lord, to end the Two Future Attacks in Israel, and begin His Millennial Reign. 

³ See: Exodus 7-12

⁴ Recall, devils are fallen angels who were once holy in Heaven, so they had a good understanding of ‘how Heaven works’. They also know The Holy Scriptures very well, including their final, hellish judgment foretold therein. Finally, they studied Jesus very meticulously! I have wondered if they, or perhaps only Lucifer, may have also had access to, and detailed, predictive insights from The Scripture of Truth. 

⁵ See: Daniel 7:25

⁶ Our times are divided into seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, decades, centuries, and millennia. The core, most relevant parts are …the middle three, tracked by our various calendar systems. See: What is the meaning of BC and AD?

⁷ See: Imminent Eminence (Poem) and Government-in-Waiting

Anti-Christ: Not Who! What? (Poem, Part 2)

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Since BC times, Christians reportedly speculated,

About who was the anti-Christ man in their days,

And on political opponents, many cast this title.

But today, if Christians believe what is written in The Bible,

And understand The Lord’s ‘Goshen Effect’ displays,

Then from such temptations, they should be well-insulated. ¹

But apparently some don’t, and therefore, they’re not.

Besmirching political opponents as ‘the’ anti-Christ,

Continues even in our days.

This is the message Paul relays:

The Holy Spirit now restrains this man from coming to light.

When The Holy Spirit leaves, this man will be …hot! ²

Since The Holy Spirit gave birth to The Church,

It’s safe to believe He’ll leave when she’s raptured.

Therefore, by this man, The Church will not be confronted.

Until…

With Christ, we’ll face him on …Armageddon’s battlefront!!!

But what will happen when this man is captured,

When by Christ, he is knocked off his global perch?!

Paul says he will be consumed by The Lord’s breath and brightness.

Zachariah says, right where they stand on Israel’s mountains,

His armies, not him, will completely dissolve! ³

Isaiah say more than this man is involved!!!

To comprehend this, let’s sip from several …‘Bible fountains’.

Hold on tight, because this may challenge your …‘Bible nimbleness’.

Remember…

Biblical wisdom is hidden for, not from us,

Us who are diligent, born-again Truth seekers.

Thus, the world in all of its machinations,

Works to captivate our imaginations,

To the point where we become its own soothsayers,

 Crowding out any and everything from Jesus.

The Bible paints this aggregate, using typologies.

The anti-Christ’s government shall comprise four parts:

At its core will be satan, formerly Lucifer.

From him will arise ten strongmen, national leaders.

Next is his son, a man, who will capture folks’ hearts.

Lastly, a prophet will promote the son’s mythologies.

Into his son and his son’s prophet, satan will pour,

The fullness of his dark, Christ-, Jews- and saints-hating spirit.

With the objective the whole world to dominate,

And all folks who convert to Christ to decapitate,

He’ll ensure everyone else joins him in hell’s fiery pit.

His final destination The Lord God has in store. ⁴

With a large, hot war strewn across Israel’s mountains,

She’ll be desperate for relief from the Gog/Magog attack!

Thus, The Lord will fulfill Zechariah’s prophecy, so stark. ⁵

But wait…

These armies are just an instrument of the global monarch!

I suspect the main ‘playahs’ will be somewhere else, laying back!

So what will The Lord have in store for these barbarians?!

Revelation answers from the spiritual side:

All devils will be locked away, their judgment pending.

Will they join all those devils who ‘left their proper domain’,

Causing The Lord to send the flood, and these devils detain??

To hell with them?! Nope! Just a temporary benching! ⁶

For now, let’s move on over to the physical side.

To both sides, Isaiah shares with us all that he knew:

The Lord will punish the host of exalted ones on high,

And on Earth, the kings will be imprisoned, and later punished.

Revelation 19 says the the two key men will be banished,

Cast into the lake of fire burning with brimstone, alive!

This suggests they will then be immortal, through and through!!! 7

By then, we immortal saints may know the full details,

Of the temporary benching of these dreadful foes.

For now, we know at the end of The Millennial Reign,

From his prison, satan will be released, on Earth ‘to raise Cain!’

And in another war, Israel will meet its foes,

Whom The Lord will destroy, and His ‘new’ saints will prevail. ⁸

Conclusion

Like a predator in a tank of fish shipped shore-to-shore, ⁹

The kingdom of satan is serving The Lord’s strategy:

To reveal and challenge His saints to be strong overcomers,

And allow devils to become other folks’ manipulators.

Both The Kingdom of God and of satan are seemingly,

Achieving their objectives through …things we love and abhor.

Caveat!!!

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¹ See: Goshen Effect (Series)

² Poetically summarized. See: 2 Thessalonians 2. The ‘falling away’ from the faith that Paul mentions is evident across the world today, right on schedule. By ‘hot’, I mean attractively revealed. Daniel 7:20 reveals the anti-Christ man will be very attractive, and we (and devils) know very well what that infers in our ‘looks-oriented’ world!

³ See: Zechariah 14:12

⁴ See: Revelation 7:9-17 and 13:7. See also: The Goshen Effect, Grand Finale (Poem, Part 5)

and Earth’s Next Versions (Series).

⁵ See: Revelation - Future Attacks in Israel. Three future attacks in Israel are predicted: two before The Millennial Reign (the 1st War of Gog and Maagog, and the Armageddon War), and one afterwards (the 2nd War of Gog and Magog). See: Ezekiel 38 and Zechariah 14:12; Revelation 19:17-21; and Revelation 20:7-10.

⁶ Revelation 20:1-3 says, for a thousand years, satan's kingdom will be confined to the bottomless pit, which is not the eternal lake of fire. See: Humans’ DNA Hacked (Poem)

⁷ Isaiah 24:21-23, poetically summarized. This entire chapter might be interpreted to be a succinct summary of the run-up to the great tribulation and The Millennial Reign. I know of no other Bible chapter that is so comprehensive, summarizing hints found across the Bible! That’s incredible. As The Bible’s first and longest prophetic book, it’s definitely worth repeated in-depth study and strategic analysis. See: Revelation 19:20. Scouring the Scriptures, it appears these two men, the anti-Christ and his prophet, may become the FIRST residents of the eternal lake of fire, which Isaiah 66:22-24 reveals will be ...somewhere ON THE NEW EARTH!

⁸ Raising Cain is a euphemism for raising all hell. Revelation 20 briefly summarizes life after the Millennial Reign. The operative question is how long will this ‘little while’ last? For more on this point, search this blog for that expression. Be sure to see Part 5 (Summary) of this series!

⁹ See: You Almighty (Poem)

Audacious Christians (Poem, Part 2)

See the series here

Friends,

Here’s a question I perceive The Lord God, through me, is asking,

To all ‘Christians’, whether openly, or as such are masking:

‘If you know about the rapture, and if it happened today,

Would you be included when, from Earth,

My Church is swept away?’ ¹

Sometime after that event, The Lord will move to uncloak,

Thousands of His anointed, commissioned Jewish kinfolk,

To end the job The Church started on The Day of Pentecost,

But, because of encroaching lukewarmness, she did not cap-off. ²

This fresh team, lean and agile, will be so highly successful,

In preaching The Gospel of Salvation in Christ, skeletal,

That many souls will be saved, even at the peril of death!

Shunning the mark of the beast, they’ll profess Christ

…‘til their last breath. ³

Its success might rival those of the first century Church,

When by Jews in Judah, Christians were seriously besmirched.

Similarly, at that time, Christians witnessed audaciously,

And with their lives, they paid the heavy price, agonizingly!

While today’s Church will have worked at its job, 

for thousands of years,

The folks on this team will have very short …witnessing careers!!

In a few months, most of them and their converts will be dead,

Because the anti-Christ’s government will chop-off their heads!! ⁴

Ponder this with me: In a few very tense months,

And for Christians, the government is on the hunt,

How could this small team be so incredibly successful,

In global conditions that will then be …so distressful?!

My first thoughts were about how The Lord’s twelve apostles,

Where turbo-charged by The Holy Spirit’s arrival.

But something Apostle Paul predicted fully changed my mind:

The anti-Christ’s rise and The Spirit’s leaving will be aligned! ⁵

So with no Bible indication,

Of The Spirit’s re-visitation,

How will this team be so successful???

It’ll be helped greatly …by two angels!! ⁶

And just like way back during the first century years,

Judeans knew The Lord promised blessings would appear.

If, when Jesus was alive, by them He was shunned,

By the time of Pentecost, some were …‘well-seasoned’! ⁷

Thus, I believe another factor aiding this team’s success,

Might be those folks who, to my first question, did not answer, ‘YES!’

Though knowing a bit about the rapture, they will have MISSED IT.

They’ll repent when they see the anti-Christ is …a counterfeit!!! ⁸

Yep, these folks will have a second chance to join The Lord’s ranks,

If to the mark of the beast body-brand they say, NO THANKS!!!

But because, before the rapture, to Christ they were lukewarm,

They will lose their heads for resisting the anti-Christ’s norms.

The Lord said, against His Church the gates of hell will not prevail!

Yet ‘falling away’ from the faith Paul foresaw, is now FULL-SCALE!!

So could ‘heat’ from the anti-Christ, be the ‘tool’ The Lord will use,

To ‘re-recruit’ folks who’ll miss the rapture,

so hell’s gates …will lose?? ⁹

Friends,

By this rhyme, I hope you can see, clearly,

Being lukewarm for Christ now, is risky!

For Him, now’s the time to be …somewhat audacious,

Even if it means being …a bit loquacious.

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¹ See: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and Christians in the Great Tribulation. 

² See: Revelation 3:14-22, and 7. See also: Laodicean Lackadaisicalness (Series) and Fresh Troops, Incoming (Poem).

³ In Revelation, the beast refers to the anti-Christ man, a strongman who will quickly rise, first to global influence, then control, in the next age of our history. He will be endowed with satanic, miracle-working powers. At some point, he will insist that everyone receive his mark (a brand) to be able to engage in commercial activities. Eventually, at the end of the Armageddon (so-called) War, he and his prophet (prime minister??) will be transferred as immortal beings, likely to the new, eternal Earth (promised in Isaiah 65 and 66), and cast into The Lord’s eternal lake of fire. Thus, they will very likely be the first residents in that place, arriving over a thousand years BEFORE all devils and all humans who will have rejected The Lord’s Grace. (Revelation 20)

⁴ See: Revelation 7:9-17 and 13:7. The great tribulation plagues will occur during a 42 month (3.5 year) period. See: Anti-Christ (Series).

⁵ See: 2 Thessalonians 2.

⁶ See: Revelation 14.

⁷ Even Moses had long ago predicted God’s blessings would be visited upon Israel and the world, through a Prophet (Jesus). See: Deuteronomy 18, Acts 3 and also 7. So when folks saw the miracles wrought by The Apostles on the Day of Pentecost, many were likely ripe to convert to Christianity, though a few weeks earlier, some might even have called for Jesus to be crucified.

⁸ PLEASE consider plausible links between 2 Thessalonians 2:3, Revelation 3:16, 13:7 and 20:3. I surmise there might be potential overlaps between these groups of people! If so, this should be a BIG WAKE-UP call to lukewarm Christian across the world! Many folks, especially Jews, will know for sure the anti-Christ is a counterfeit when he, standing in the 3^rd Jewish temple, will claim to be God, and demand to be worshiped. Spiritually, this will simply be satan doing the same thing he tried to do in Heaven, i.e., replace Jesus as The Lord God. (For more, search this blog for ‘coup’.) Evil never learns critical lessons it needs to learn!

⁹ Could this scenario help to explain why so many folks, including some Bible teachers, erroneously think the entire Church will not escape the great tribulation?? They fail to correctly perceive The Lord’s strategic plan, including His demonstrated and iteratively promised Goshen Effect in 1 Thessalonians 5:9, 3:13, Isaiah 26:20-21 and elsewhere. Plus, they may discount Zechariah 14:5. They also seem think ANY mention of ‘saints’ in Revelation, automatically means saints from this Church Age, the third age of history! If so, they fail to discern the SEVEN ages of humanity ‘revealed’ in The Bible (though not in any specific chapter and verse), and what The Lord is doing/will do iteratively in each stage. If interested, see: Historical Countdown - 7 Ages of Human History (w/Video). Also see: Anti-Christ: Summary Review (Part 5).

Hurt to Heal (Poem)

Ponder with me for a while all the areas in our world,

Where, in response to hurts that are deep and so very real,

We get some more hurt(s) to help the ‘presenting hurt’ to heal!

A world where healing doesn’t start with hurting would be quite a pearl!

On this point, I’m certain you would agree with me.

And to be clear, by hurts, I don’t mean just physically.

Hurts are in every facet of life, ubiquitously!

Who among us does not long from hurts to be free?? ¹

Hurts were not in The Lord’s original design for Earth,

Though He clearly foreknew by hurts, life here would be scarred.

Because of a deceptive lie, His design was marred,

And thus, no species down here can escape some kinds of …hurt! ²

In His Grace, Love and Wisdom, The Lord designed …hurt antidotes,

Healings ‘within and without’ for all things on the planet,

For every living species, and things we call ‘inanimate’!

His Spirit’s in everything, so ‘inanimate’ ….is a joke! ³

Since The Lord ‘animates’ everything in His creation,

In a variety of ways, He animates all healings.

And if you’re following my drift, they start with …hurtful peelings,

As surgeons peel back our flesh to expose problems hidden. ⁴

All of His chastisements and judgments upon man’s sinful ways,

His judgment henchmen that impact lives and our climate,

All things He allows, designed to make us desperate,

Are, in effect, His very broad …hurtful healing works displays! ⁵

That’s why nations that struggle with strifes, internally,

Suddenly shape-up when they are attacked, externally!

Such may well be The Lord’s Hand of Grace, spiritually, 

Moving to hurt, in order to heal their land, thoroughly!

However... 

There’s a disconnect in how we interpret His healing modes,

Because we seek healing from His surgical operations,

While He seeks to heal us from our gross, sinful inclinations,

And thus relieve Earth of her staggeringly heavy sin loads.

Sadly, only a small remnant of mankind will ‘get it’,

And that will be when, for most, it will be far too late,

Because most will swallow satan’s deceptive lie bait,

That made us want to rebel against The Lord’s Holy Writ. ⁶

The coming great tribulation plagues will be the worst ever,

His hurtful healings for sins that reached the worst levels ever!

Only some of us will be here for His best healing ever!!

That is during His Millennial Reign, Earth’s best years ever!!! ⁷

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¹ Hurts… socially, culturally, emotionally, psychologically, relationally, familially, behaviorally, politically, financially, economically, culturally, educationally, motivationally, professionally, spiritually, racially, sexually, climatically, ecologically, agriculturally, aquatically… The list goes on, and on, and….

² See: Genesis 3 to understand the deceptive lie that triggered every hurtful thing in our world.

³ Most things on Earth have various ‘healing functions within (internal)’. To supplement these, The Lord also provides ‘healing fountains without (external)’.

⁴ See: Ephesians 4:6, Colossians 1:16-17, 3:11, Hebrews 1:3, 4:12, Isaiah 44:24, 45:7,  Psalm 90:2, 139: 7-12 and Revelation 22:13.

⁵ See how Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, captures this sentiment in Lamentations 3. Especially note verses 31-33. See also: Four Henchmen, Explained.

⁶ The Holy Bible

⁷ Search posts in this blog that discuss The Millennial Reign from just about every perspective imaginable. It most assuredly is the next biggest thing on The Lord's multi-millennial strategic plan for humanity and the Earth! Read to understand who, from Adam-to-Armageddon, will be there, and who won't, and what life on Earth will be like in this, the most glorious time in Earth's history. Read to understand why I say, 'most glorious'. Read to understand The Lord's personal invitation to YoU to join in His global governing ranks of people from across the first four of His seven ‘ages’ planned for humanity. It's all truly exciting ...beyond measure!!!

Anti-Christ: Not Who! When? (Poem, Part 1)

See the series here

Search the web for ‘anti-Christ’ and eventually,

You will see Q&As about who this man might be,

Likely from folks who know some of what The Bible predicts,

About how he will put the world in a terrible fix!

 

And no, it is not my intention,

To contribute to such obsessions.

They have been around since BC times!

That is not the purpose of this rhyme.

 

First, let’s confirm something so many Christians seem to ignore,

And thus on their political opponents much scorn they pour,

By branding somebody as …‘the anti-Christ’. 

In doing such, by devils they’ve been enticed!

 

Here’s why…

While by many Bible verses this man is characterized, ¹

Only two seem to give some clarity on when he’ll arrive.

Yet by many Christians, these verses are discounted,

Thus, by conspiracy theories, they are astounded.

 

‘The mystery of the lawless one is already portrayed,

Until He Who restrains him is gone, then he will be displayed.’ ²

The only One Who restrains the anti-Christ’s unveiling,

Is The Holy Spirit, Whose perfect timing’s un-failing!

 

Determining when from Earth’s scene He might adjourn,

Likely relates to when on Earth He was discerned.

That happened on the birthday of The Church, The Day of Pentecost,

Fifty days after Christ’s resurrection from His death on the cross. ³

 

It stands to reason that His departure,

Might correlate with The Church’s rapture, ⁴

Opening a window for the anti-Christ’s unveiling,

When to satan’s evil power, there’ll be …no curtailing!

 

We who believe the rapture will precede The Lord’s judgment,

Poured upon this sinful world that refuses to repent, ⁵

Should be at peace, knowing this man we will not confront,

Until we face him on …Armageddon’s battlefront!!! ⁶

 

Let's address that in Part 2

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¹ See: (for physical references) Zechariah 11:16, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, 1 John 2:18-27 and 4:1-6, 2 John 7, and (for spiritual/figurative references) Daniel 7:20, 8:23, 9:26, 11:21, Revelation 11:7 and 13:1

² My poetic rendering of 2 Thessalonians 2:7-8

³ See: Acts 1 and 2

⁴ See: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

⁵ See: The Goshen Effect (Series) , especially Part 2

⁶ See: Revelation - Future Attacks in Israel

Audacious Christians (Poem, Part 1)

See the series here

Across the world, opinions span the entire spectrum,

From those Biblically-inspired-to-those quite loathsome,

Of what it means to be a ‘true Christian’.

And, for sure, you have your own opinion.

Many of us think Christian means ‘a follower of Christ’,

Yet, His earthly life has been incredibly ‘sliced and diced!’

We align with parts that fit our lifestyles,

Regarding what’s left as parts …less worthwhile. 

Others think being Christian accents what we believe,

That our beliefs influence what, from Christ, we’ll receive.

Yet when our actions some core beliefs belie,

To our beliefs, for a while, we’ve bid …goodbye.

Still others think Christian means membership in a church,

A ‘family place’ where some outsiders we besmirch.

They’re organized in politicized-like denominations,

With clashing notions on what, to Christ, are …abominations!

And there is also a large group of folks who may think,

It’s about what we figuratively eat and drink--

Christ’s body, for us broken, and His blood that for us flowed.

Ahhh, that’s ‘holy communion’ in remembrance of Him, owed.

‘It’s all about into water being fully baptized,­

Just as Christ was at the start of His …ministry franchise’.

That is a point another faction might accentuate,

Though a quick dip into water does not a Christian make!

By now, folks across the world must surely agree,

There‘s much confusion about Christianity!

And since, to Father God, Christ is the declared ‘Only way’,

In these last days… 

It’s critical to clear-up points that, to many, seem gray.

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‘Christian’ bespeaks of a lifestyle that is arduous,

Demanding moves some may consider …audacious!

Thus, all so-called ‘Christians’, in or out of a church,  

Are not necessarily those found in Christ’s search.

Since everything He creates is at its best from the start,

First century Christians show us what was first in His heart.

Recall their fiery passion, so fateful,

Facing scorn from other Jews, so hateful.

Back then…

In Rome, many were forced into enslavement,

And were fed to lions …for entertainment!

Others were persecuted for their beliefs,

And from The Lord, only a few got relief.

Their lives and blood were the seeds and fertilizer,

That made them The Church’s …early fruits producers.

Their fruits were very well pleasing to Jesus,

And their sacrifices paved the way for us.

To these Christians, The Gospel was a bitter-sweet pill,

Bitter because, culturally, it brought no goodwill,

Yet sweet because they understood God’s salvation plan,

Where between Him and mankind, Christ was …the middle Man. 

Now let’s fast forward to just a few decades later,

When, on the Isle of Patmos John had an encounter.

It resulted in The Book of Revelation,

And includes a review of church congregations.

To the seven churches in Asia Minor,

John penned letters, with Jesus as the Author.

For some churches, The Lord had harsh words and warnings,

Against the directions in which hearts were turning.

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And now?

So let’s fast forward to churches across the world today,

And imagine what The Lord’s reviews of us might display,

Compared to all those first century believers,

Who succeeded in breaking first fruits barriers.

That by which many Christians today are ‘enslaved’,

Are lusts of worldly things that our cultures engrave.

And the biggest source of our persecution today might be,

‘Keeping up with the Joneses’, socio-culturally.

Churches are the Roman coliseums equivalent,

Of places we go to enjoy or be the entertainment!

With much stylistic music and sermonizing,

It’s choirs, musicians and preachers we’re scrutinizing.

Church fruits are more likely measured in offering sizes,

Than in ‘souls who repented and are won for Christ’ prizes.

And the job of witnessing to these souls is delegated,

To church officers, not to folks in the pews, congregated.

The Gospel to many folks is served as a sweet milk treat,

To many folks who may never feed on The Lord God’s meat.

But sweet milk treats will never build strong faith in folks to withstand,

Devilish temptations that, on our doorsteps, are sure to land!

Fiery passions for The Gospel and souls who are lost,

Seem lacking in folks who’re not willing to pay the cost.

To how the world defines Christian, they’ve capitulated,

And thus, they’ve largely become …Christians domesticated.

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Ergo?...

By such a broad brush, let’s not paint all who profess Christ.

For sure, some are passionately engaged in the fight.

Including some folks who pray for revival among our ranks.

Their challenge: Be the revival, with God’s spirit ‘in their tanks’.

The Lord has a job for His saints to do in these last days,

When, under the weight of sin, Earth’s systems are being frayed. 

But if the world has diluted our effectiveness,

To His commands we will become less fastidious.

Could our ‘Laodicean luke-warm’ qualities today,

Be why The Lord promises to send in fresh troops one day, *

­_­­Thousands of passionate Jewish witnesses when we’re gone,

When people are tempted to become …the anti-Christ’s pawns??

They’ll arrive on the scene, and by an angel will be aided!

They’ll preach audaciously and many souls will be converted!

By the anti-Christ, they all will be beheaded,

Then with the saints, in Heaven, they will be lauded.

(Revelation 7)

Audaciousness! Seriously lacking in The Church today!

Attentiveness! The Lord God’s commands, these troops will not downplay!!

Assuasiveness! They’ll allay fears of those for whom death bells toll!!!

Assertiveness! They’ll ALL live again, and will never grow old!!!!

I get it…

Living by faith in things that are unseen,

Seems like ignoring what's in life's windscreen!

But The Lord commands us: Grow up in Me, fully matured!

From what He demands, most of us seriously ...detoured!

Have you? *

Be sure to see Part 2

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* See: Why is there so much confusion regarding the teachings of The Bible? See also: Fresh Troops, Incoming (Poem). Part 2 of this series uncloaks what may likely happen to Christianesque folks who will MISS THE RAPTURE!