GOD'S FINAL WARNINGS BEFORE JESUS' RETURN (6)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
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0. Introduction
a) What warnings will God give man before the great tribulation occurs? What warnings to repent will he offer during the heavenly signs, plagues, and other painful events that happen before the second coming of Jesus? Who will give these admonishments to the entire world? Has man ALREADY been told he needs to change his ways and begin to obey the Creator of the universe?
b) God says there have been many witnesses already extant in the world. For instance, let us look in Colossians the first chapter and read about a witness the apostle Paul discusses.
i) "if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister." (Colossians 1:23)
c) Prophets came with another type of witness. A prophet would tell Israel, "Don't do this. Don't do this." The prophets and preachers of righteousness have their place but they are NOT the ultimate witness.
i) "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them . . . " (Romans 1:18-20)
1. Why are the end time plagues so SEVERE?
a) Why do you think the plagues of Revelation are so gruesome? People are dying and the waters have been turned to blood. The sun comes out to scorch men. Earthquakes take place. Hail comes out of heaven and all the rest. Why is God so harsh? Is He harsh because somebody walked by a religious magazine, looked at it, and threw it down and said, "I don't believe that?" Would the Creator then go on to say "You deserve to be scorched and tortured and tormented and bombed and blown apart because you rejected my message in a magazine"? No, this is not the attitude of our Father in heaven.
b) The people who hold out until the very last plagues understand what they are doing. What do you have to do if you hold onto the mark of the beast, to the worship of the beast and his image, and you hold on to those things until the very time of the seven last plagues? Do you know what you will have to have done? You will have to have rejected the two witnesses and their warning. You will have had to applaud their death. You had to have spurned the heavenly signs. You had to have rejected the angelic messenger that flew in the midst of heaven and talked in every language under heaven and told you that Babylon is fallen. You will have to have spurned them as they urged you to worship God and fear Him. You will have had to turn your back on so many miracles and so many divine signs.
c) The plagues are so severe because the people in the End Time have become entrenched and hardened in sin. Those who hold on until the last plagues and who are in the end blaspheming God when he brings these plagues are NOT those who have subscribed to a few false doctrines or not known some of God's truths. These are people who have gone through warning after warning after warning after warning, without believing and acting on anything! These people are caught up in a powerful deception, gripped in a perverted state of mind.
d) You have been warned to repent, in advance of God's judgment to come. It is now your move.
The End ...
0. Introductiona) What warnings will God give man before the great tribulation occurs? What warnings to repent will he offer during the heavenly signs, plagues, and other painful events that happen before the second coming of Jesus? Who will give these admonishments to the entire world? Has man ALREADY been told he needs to change his ways and begin to obey the Creator of the universe?
b) God says there have been many witnesses already extant in the world. For instance, let us look in Colossians the first chapter and read about a witness the apostle Paul discusses.
i) "if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister." (Colossians 1:23)
c) Prophets came with another type of witness. A prophet would tell Israel, "Don't do this. Don't do this." The prophets and preachers of righteousness have their place but they are NOT the ultimate witness.
i) "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them . . . " (Romans 1:18-20)
1. Why are the end time plagues so SEVERE?
a) Why do you think the plagues of Revelation are so gruesome? People are dying and the waters have been turned to blood. The sun comes out to scorch men. Earthquakes take place. Hail comes out of heaven and all the rest. Why is God so harsh? Is He harsh because somebody walked by a religious magazine, looked at it, and threw it down and said, "I don't believe that?" Would the Creator then go on to say "You deserve to be scorched and tortured and tormented and bombed and blown apart because you rejected my message in a magazine"? No, this is not the attitude of our Father in heaven.
b) The people who hold out until the very last plagues understand what they are doing. What do you have to do if you hold onto the mark of the beast, to the worship of the beast and his image, and you hold on to those things until the very time of the seven last plagues? Do you know what you will have to have done? You will have to have rejected the two witnesses and their warning. You will have had to applaud their death. You had to have spurned the heavenly signs. You had to have rejected the angelic messenger that flew in the midst of heaven and talked in every language under heaven and told you that Babylon is fallen. You will have to have spurned them as they urged you to worship God and fear Him. You will have had to turn your back on so many miracles and so many divine signs.
c) The plagues are so severe because the people in the End Time have become entrenched and hardened in sin. Those who hold on until the last plagues and who are in the end blaspheming God when he brings these plagues are NOT those who have subscribed to a few false doctrines or not known some of God's truths. These are people who have gone through warning after warning after warning after warning, without believing and acting on anything! These people are caught up in a powerful deception, gripped in a perverted state of mind.
d) You have been warned to repent, in advance of God's judgment to come. It is now your move.
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