Tag: Prophetic message/End time/Rapture

1. The world is increasingly disenchanted with a Church that is largely disoriented and lost in her WAYS, “Having a FORM OF GODLINESS, but DENYING THE POWER thereof: … Ever learning, and never able to come to the KNOWLEDGE of the TRUTH” [2 Timothy 3:5-7] There is growing vexation in the Church; flocks raised on promises of material prosperity are deluded, many saying: “… it is vain to serve God: and WHAT PROFIT IS IT THAT WE HAVE KEPT HIS ORDINANCE, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?” [Malachi 3:14] Multitudes are daily led, blindfolded to slaughter by “Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself” [1 Timothy 6:5] Listen closely,  there is nothing on this side of eternity to compensate for the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross; the reason we SERVE and OBEY His COMMANDMENTS is the CITY OF GOD, as it is written:“Blessed are they that DO HIS COMMANDMENTS that they may have right to the TREE OF LIFE, and may ENTER in through the gates into the CITY” [Revelation 22:14] 

2. The GOSPEL we preach is Christ’s INVITATION to inherit the CITY OF GOD, as it is written: “… I go to PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I WILL COME AGAIN, and receive you unto myself; that WHERE I AM, THERE YE MAY BE also” [John 14:1-2] We are PILGRIMS in this world, our destination is the CITY prepared for those who come to God through Jesus Christ, and I tell you, “… Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM” [1 Corinthians2:9] We are not alone, the Bible testify of men and women like you and I who gave up whatever was accounted “LAWFUL” to fulfil the pilgrimage. If we are pressed beyond measure by weaknesses of the FLESH and sundry AFFLICTIONS, so were they, if not more and kept the FAITH. They set their COMPASS beyond the present world, refused to  be DISTRACTED by what they SEE or how they FEEL, but “… desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath PREPARED FOR THEM A CITY” [Hebrews 11:16] As PILGRIMS and STRANGERS in this world, let us walk worthy of the CALLING, very much aware God has the same rule for us as those who went before,  “… let us lay aside every WEIGHT, and the SIN which doth so easily beset us, and let us RUN WITH PATIENCE the RACE that is set before us” [Hebrews 12:1]

3. CITY OF GOD is our eternal inheritance,  the TABERNACLE of our everlasting FELLOWSHIP with the ALMIGHTY, “… Behold, the TABERNACLE OF GOD is with men, and HE WILL DWELL WITH THEM, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God” [Revelation 21:3] The HOLY OF HOLIES in the wilderness was a man-made replica, wherein was the ARK and the High Priest entered once a year; the real, “… city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, TWELVE THOUSAND FURLOND FURLONGS. The LENGTH and the BREADTH and the HEIGHT of it are EQUAL” [Revelation 21:15] The dimensions are mind boggling, 12,000 furlongs, approximately 1,500 miles, in all directions, “… and the CITY was pure GOLD, like unto clear glass” [Revelation 21:18] The CITY extends to  space, far beyond the KARMAN LINE of  62 miles above Sea level. The LIFE of God flows through as a river, to wipe away all SORROW and fill every heart with gladness, as it is written: “There is a river, the STREAMS WHEREOF shall MAKE GLAD the CITY OF GOD, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High” [Psalms 46:4] In the midst of the street of it is the TREE OF LIFE, which yield “TWELVE MANNER of FRUITS”, the true “FLESH OF THE SON OF MAN” [John 6:53] In the City, we shall see the Lord, eat of the TREE OF LIFE, we shall be like Him in glory, “And there shall be NO MORE CURSE: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall SEE HIS FACE; and HIS NAME shall be in their foreheads” [Revelation 22:3-4]

4. Beloved, let no man deceive you, the sole purpose of your SALVATION is to take your place in the CITY OF GOD, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” [Mark 8:36] For this reason, God was manifest in Jesus Christ to RECONCILE us to Himself, “And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven” [Colossians 1:20] We are as SOLDIERS in this world, we have an ADVERSARY who preys on the FLESH, using “THINGS” and “AFFAIRS” of this world to DISTRACT from the WAY. We must, therefore FIGHT day and night to enter the heavenly CITY, for “No man that warreth entangleth himself with the AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier” [2 Timothy 2:] Palpable distress and general instability around us are signs of the coming of the Lord, many are tired and some are fallen. I know the times are harsh, HOLD ON and WEEP NO MORE, very soon we shall enter the CITY, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away” [Revelation 21:4]
 
5. Accept Jesus Christ as your LORD and SAVIOUR, and book your place in the CITY OF GOD, amen

The agony of a PRISONER on death row, the sorrow of a dysfunctional marriage and extreme distress of cruel poverty are the same; they are cries of SOULS incarcerated in a BODY governed by SIN. I have GOOD NEWS for YOU, there is HOPE for your famished SOUL in Jesus Christ  “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY” [2 Corinthians 3:17] ....

1. This world had a BEGINNING, and a predetermined END, “… in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the EARTH also and the works that are therein SHALL BE BURNED UP” [2 Peter 3:10] In Christ, we have firm assurance of a better world than the present, where there shall be no more sorrow, sickness, poverty, death and sundry afflictions, as it is written: “… Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: …  [1 Corinthians 2:9-10] Those who LOVE God search the Scriptures daily, fully assured of imminent END of this world and take note of THOSE THINGS “… written for our admonition, upon whom the ENDS of the WORLD ARE COME. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth TAKE HEED LEST HE FALL” [1 Corinthians 10:11-12] Friend, the “ENDS” of the present world are here, seek the Lord while He may yet be found; place your HOPES and EXPECTATIONS in Him, “For SURELY THERE IS AN END; and thine expectation shall not be cut off” [Proverbs 23:18]

2.BEGINNING OF THE END signify a progression of “ENDS”, as in 1 Corinthians 10: 11-12 and of which the Apostles asked Jesus, “… when shall THESE THINGS be? and what shall be the SIGN of thy coming, and of the END of the world?” [Matthew 24:3] The FIRST END is the FULFILMENT of the TIMES of the GENTILE Church, which began in 1948, when Israel captured Jerusalem and PROPHECY was fulfilled, “… and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the TIMES OF THE GENTILES BE FULFILLED” Luke 21:24] Ever since, the whole earth groan in sorrows like a woman caught in the pains of parturition,  “And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, EVEN WE OURSELVES GROAN within ourselves, WAITING FOR THE ADOPTION, to wit, the REDEMPTION OF OUR BODY” [Romans 8:23] As the world lurches from instability to confusion, we are pressed beyond measure but not distressed; our PEACE is anchored on SURE PROPHECY of His imminent appearance to REDEEM us, “… whereunto ye do well that ye TAKE HEED, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the DAY STAR ARISE IN YOUR HEARTS” [2 Peter 1:19] Beloved, the TRANSLATION is the END of the GENTILE Church and our BOARDING PASS is the DAY STAR, which is Christ in you.  Friend, are you prepared for the END? Do you have Christ in you?

3. TRANSLATION or RAPTURE as it is so called is not the END; afterwards come JACOB’S TROUBLE, “Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE; but he shall be saved out of it” [Jeremiah 30:7] A period of excruciating agony, orchestrated by Satan through the MAN OF SIN, to browbeat  men to subjection under his jackboots, “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the MARK, or the NAME of the beast, or the NUMBER of his name” [Revelation 13:17] At her darkest hour, the Lord shall raise TWO PROPHETS to WITNESS and enforce His COVENANT with Israel, as it is written: “And I will give power unto my TWO WITNESSES, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth” [Revelation 11:3] In the midst of unprecedented TRIBULATION, the TWO WITNESSES shall TESTIFY of Christ and Israel shall be REDEEMED as foretold, “For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is HE THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD” [Matthew 23:39] Listen carefully, there shall some Christians be left behind after the TRANSLATION, to who the “DOOR WAS SHUT” in Matthew 25:10; DO NOT TAKE THE MARK. Be prepared to lay down your life for the TESTIMONY of Jesus Christ, to take your place under the ALTAR, “And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were SLAIN for the WORD OF GOD, and for the TESTIMONY which they held” [Revelation 6:9]

4. The END is not come until Satan gather his forces to Armageddon, where his alter egos, the FALSE PROPHET and the BEAST are taken and cast into the lake of fire, but himself bound a THOUSAND YEARS by an angel from heaven, “And he laid hold on the DRAGON, that OLD SERPENT, which is the DEVIL, and SATAN, and BOUND HIM A THOUSAND YEARS” [Revelation 20:1-2, see also Revelation 19:19-20] The MILLENIUM is the SABBATH of the Lord and His SAINTS shall REST and REIGN with Him on earth for a THOUSAND YEARS [Revelation 20:4] After the MILLENIUM Satan is loosed for a while to throw his last dice and thrown into the lake of fire, “And the DEVIL that DECEIVED them was CAST INTO the LAKE OF FIRE and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever” [Revelation 20:10] Satan is JUDGED first, then shall the Lord sit upon the throne to JUDGE the men that followed him, “And whosoever was not found written in the BOOK OF LIFE was cast into the lake of fire” [Revelation 20:15] The JUDGMENT of the Lord is TRUE and FINAL, a fitting END to TIME and this sinful world, but for us, a NEW HEAVEN and NEW EARTH, “And I saw a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea” [Revelation 21:1]

5. Accept Jesus Christ today and book your place in NEW HEAVEN and NEW EARTH, amen
 

The strategy is CONFUSION, carefully orchestrated through needless controversies to engender negative sentiments and DISTRACT you from the perfect LAW OF LIBERTY but “… whoso LOOKETH into the PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY, and CONTINUETH THEREIN, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a DOER OF THE WORK, this man shall be BLESSED IN HIS DEED” [James 1:25]...

1.There is a time for everything, “A time to WEEP, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance” [Ecclesiastics 3:4] The time to WEEP is here as nations groan under unbearable disequilibrium made worse by unrelenting pandemic, but not so for those who place their TRUST in the Lord Jesus Christ, “We have also a more SURE WORD of PROPHECY; whereunto ye do well that ye TAKE HEED, as unto a LIGHT that SHINETH IN A DARK PLACE, until the day dawn, and the DAY STAR ARISE IN YOUR HEARTS” [2 Peter 1:19] How I wish you will stop WEEPING and “TAKE HEED” to the LIGHT that SHINETH in the dark, the DAY STAR that should arise in your heart and sure HOPE of Christ’s imminent appearance. Beloved, WEEP no more, “But REJOICE, INASMUCH AS YE ARE PARTAKERS OF CHRIST’S SUFFERINGS that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be GLAD ALSO WITH EXCEEDING JOY” [1 Peter 4:13] Those who WEEP when they should REJOICE and vice versa are IGNORANT, and of such were the “DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM”, “But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but WEEP FOR YOURSELVES, and for your children” [Luke 23:28]

2. It is a shame how present TRIBULATION and FEAR of what lies ahead have turned once fiery preachers to disoriented lame ducks [Jeremiah 30:6] Some who once spoke boldly of the Coming of the Lord are turned to social and political commentary, WAILING over the crumbling and demystification of human civilization. “WATCH YE THEREFORE: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: LEST COMING SUDDENLY HE FIND YOU SLEEPING” [Mark 13:35-36] I warn you to beware of those who entice you to expend time and resources in hope of a better world; they DISTRACT you from the refreshing HOPE of Christ’s imminent appearance. Listen, no man by WAILING or PRAYING will save this generation from TRIBULATION, “… for we must through much TRIBULATION enter into the kingdom of God” [Acts 14:22] WEEP not over this corrupt generation, WEEP FOR YOURSELVES; do the NEEDFUL and be not like Martha, “And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But ONE THING IS NEEDFUL: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her” [Luke 10:41-42] The "NEEDFUL" is your SALVATION. Stop chasing shadows, SEEK the Lord while He may yet be found. Do the NEEDFUL; working daily to settle your accounts with the Lord and PREACH the GOSPEL; “… Let the dead bury their dead: but GO THOU and PREACH the KINGDOM OF GOD” [Luke 9:60]

3. It is true the Church is harassed and pressed on every, thus says the Lord: “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH; and the GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL against it” [Matthew 16:18] Brethren it is so easy to get carried away WEEPING over the Church, as to imagine we can SAVE Her; Jesus did that when He gave up His LIFE on the Cross. Let no man DISTRACT and or DECEIVE you to join hands with those who agitate and take up arms to fight for Christ and His Church, but be diligent in FAITH to “… WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION with fear and trembling” [Philippians 2:12] Some Jews came to Jesus, soliciting his assistance to avenge the death of some Galileans who came to offer sacrifices, but Jesus answered: “…  Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?  I tell you, Nay: but, EXCEPT YE REPENT, YE SHALL LIKEWISE PERISH” [Luke 13:1-4] Yes, there is persecution and merciless killing of SAINTS in virtually all nations, listen, God does no need your help; it is PROPHECY fulfilled, “And it was given unto him to MAKE WAR WITH THE SAINTS, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations” [Revelation 13:7] WEEP not over the Church; the Lord knows His own and shall SAVE them. Let those who are slaves to this world WEEP FOR THEMSELVES, as the nations sink into DISTRESS “But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with EXCEEDING JOY” [1 Peter 4:13]

4. This is no time to be blinded by tears and DISTRACTED by a world in the throes of destruction, but “LOOKING for and HASTING UNTO the COMING of the DAY OF GOD, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the ELEMENTS SHALL MELT with fervent heat?” [2 Peter 3:12] The present world is by divine counsel predetermined to pass away; there is nothing you can do about it. As shadows of confusion overtake the nation's, REJOICE, if truly your HOPE is in the appearance of Christ, for the “PASSING AWAY” of this world is close and “DAY OF GOD” is at hand, when we shall be redeemed from this sinful world, as it is written: “And when these things begin to come to pass, then LOOK UP, and LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; for your redemption draweth nigh” [Luke 21:28]  Be strong in the Lord, stop whining and refuse to be DISTRACTED as do those who lack understanding of the times and seasons of divine agenda, “... knowing the time, that now it is high time to AWAKE OUT OF SLEEP: for now is our SALVATION NEARER THAN WHEN WE BELIEVED” [Romans 13:11] I assure you, our SALVATION is nearer than at any other time; quit WEEPING and LOOK UP. LOOK steadfast at the REWARD set before you and “… LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT, and the SIN which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us” [Hebrews 12:1]

5. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, amen

1. The mystery of creation in SIX DAYS is heightened by the riddle of a SEVENTH DAY of REST, “And on the SEVENTH DAY God ended his WORK which he had made; and HE RESTED on the SEVENTH DAY from all his WORK which he had made” [Genesis 2:2] Before we proceed, it is prudent to  bridge the perspective gap between God and man, as it is written: “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that ONE DAY with the Lord as a THOUSAND YEARS, and a thousand years as one day” [2 Peter 3:8] If God RESTED on the SEVENTH DAY, what was the WORK for which Jesus answered? “… My FATHER WORKETH hitherto, and I WORK” [John 5:17] The SIX DAYS of WORK signify 6,000 years allotted to RECONCILE man to God, “To wit, that God was in CHRIST RECONCILING the WORLD unto HIMSELF, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation” [2 Corinthians 5:19] The SEVENTH DAY is the SABBATH of the earth; one THOUSAND YEARS of PEACE and REST, “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall REIGN WITH HIM A THOUSAND YEARS” [Revelation 20:6]

2. From Adam to Jesus Christ was 4,000 years, 2,000 odd years later, the SEVENTH DAY beckons and “… we must through much TRIBULATION enter into the kingdom of God” [Acts 14:22] This generation is caught in the tailspin of TRIBULATION, “… DISTRESS of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; MEN’S HEART’S FAILING THEM FOR FEAR, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth… ” [Luke 21:25-26] You are a witnesses how COVID-19 demystified powerful nations and foisted a “NEW NORMAL” on us. Listen carefully, things are not going to getter better but worse; the NEW NORMAL shall deteriorate into galloping inflation, political upheavals and unprecedented social disruptions. These things signify the “BEGINNING OF SORROWS” and the imminent appearance of Christ to receive His BRIDE, as it is written: “And when THESE THINGS begin to come to pass, then LOOK UP, and lift up your heads; for your REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH” [Luke 21:28] As the SIXTH DAY grinds to an end, there is disproportionate pressure on those running to ENTER THE MILLENIUM. We are pressed and battered by a world in distress, LOOK UP; we shall soon be out of here.  A THOUSAND YEARS of PEACE and PROSPERITY awaits us, “For our light affliction, which is but for a MOMENT, worketh for us a far more exceeding and ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY” [2 Corinthians 4:17] HOLD ON to your FAITH and let no man take your ticket to the MILLENIUM.

3. The MILLENIUM will not come until NIGHT descends on the earth, as it is written: “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the NIGHT COMETH, WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK” [John 9:4] We are in the twilight zone; the NIGHT comes after TRANSLATION of the BRIDE and “… only he who now LETTETH WILL LET, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that WICKED BE REVEALED, …” [2 Thessalonians 2:7-8] He that “LETTETH” is the SPIRIT of Christ in the BRIDE and the WICKED is the BEAST, whose personality is ANTICHRIST and shall rule the earth with the fist of wickedness, “And it was given unto him to make WAR WITH THE SAINTS, and to OVERCOME THEM and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations” [Revelation 13:7] The ANTICHRIST shall introduce his MARK as proof of allegiance and whosoever refuses shall be hunted down, “And that NO MAN MIGHT BUY OR SELL, SAVE HE THAT HAD THE MARK, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” [Revelation 13:17] If for any reason you are left behind, DO NOT TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST; whosoever does, shuts himself out of the MILLENIUM [Revelation 20:4] Friend, if you are left behind, prepare to DIE for your FAITH in Christ to ENTER THE MILLENIUM through the FIFTH SEAL, “And when he had opened the FIFTH SEAL, I saw under the altar the SOULS OF THEM THAT WERE SLAIN for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held” [Revelation 6:9] Remember, it is your last chance.

4. The NIGHT  gives way at ARMAGEDDON; the BEAST and FALSE PROPHET are cast into the lake of fire and Satan is BOUND, “And he laid hold on the DRAGON, that OLD SERPENT, which is the DEVIL, and SATAN, and BOUND him a THOUSAND YEARS” [Revelation 20:2] There shall be no more death, poverty, sickness, terror, hunger or war, but a MILLENIUM of PEACE and PROSPERITY. The Lord shall rule over the earth and we shall reign with Him, “And I saw THRONES, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and  REIGNED WITH CHRIST a THOUSAND YEARS” [Revelation 20:4] For a THOUSAND YEARS, the earth shall bring forth her best in abundance and the WORD of God shall be fulfilled, saying: “And God BLESSED THEM, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and SUBDUE IT: and HAVE DOMINION over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” [Genesis 1:29] Friend, I invite you to ENTER THE MILLENIUM, “REPENT ye therefore, and BE CONVERTED, that your sins may be blotted out, WHEN THE TIMES OF REFRESHING SHALL COME from the presence of the Lord” [Acts 3:19]

 

God is not ignorant of your PAINS and sent me to you, “Comfort ye, COMFORT YE MY PEOPLE, saith your God” [Isaiah 40:1] The ONE who formed man out of the dust of the earth is very much aware of the TRIALS of your FAITH and has a WORD of COMFORT for you and a plan to deliver you as He did for Lot “And delivered JUST LOT, VEXED WITH THE FILTHY CONVERSATION OF THE WICKED:... (2 Peter 2:7-8)

It is wonderful to know God wants ALL THINGS to WORK WELL for your GOOD, irrespective of your past and present circumstances, “And we know that ALL THINGS WORK WELL FOR GOOD to them that LOVE GOD, to them who are the CALLED according to his PURPOSE” [Romans 8:28]...

1. Natural STORMS are strong winds, turning rain, snow or fire into weapons of mass destruction. We have technology to forecast hurricanes and tornadoes, but nothing to detect the WHIRLWINDS of heaven, as it is written: “… Yet once more I SHAKE NOT THE EARTH ONLY, BUT ALSO HEAVEN. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those THINGS WHICH CANNOT BE SHAKEN MAY REMAIN” [Hebrews 12:26-27] The first SHAKING was in the days of Noah; this time, instead of water it is the FOUR apocalyptic HORSEMEN, kicking up a STORM that SHAKES the earth. Foundations of the present order are loosed; there is palpable  instability and DISTRESS in all nations, “MEN’S HEARTS FAILING THEM FOR FEAR, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken” [Luke 21:26] Beloved, let not your heart be troubled, Noah RODE THE STORM, so did Israel on EAGLES’S WINGS, as it is written:, “Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I BARE YOU ON EAGLES’S WINGS, and brought you unto myself” [Ex 19:4] Be strong, trust in the Lord and RIDE THE STORM

2. The WHITE, RED and BLACK HORSES in Revelation 6:1-8, after some 2,000 years, are turning and running into one another to reveal the PALE HORSE, ”… behold a PALE HORSE: and HIS NAME that sat on him was DEATH, and HELL followed with him. And power was given unto them over the FOURTH PART of the earth, to kill with SWORD, and with HUNGER, and with DEATH, and with the BEASTS of the earth” [Revelation 6:8] If you mix WHITE, RED and BLACK, you get PALE. The RIDER on the PALE HORSE is the same character as the rest, Satan; shifting forms through the ages to be revealed in the LAST DAYS as Angel of DEATH, “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy HIM THAT HAD the POWER OF DEATH, that is, the DEVIL” [Hebrews 2:14] The Angel of DEATH is here and HELL follows closely, that is, MISERY and CONFUSION, “… WOE to the INHABITERS OF THE EARTH and of the sea! for the DEVIL IS COME down unto you, having GREAT WRATH, because he knoweth that he hath but a SHORT TIME” [Revelation 12:12] The combo of SHORT TIME and GREAT WRATH is the reason there are famines, pandemics, wars, climate change, etc., to slay a “FOURTH PART” of global population. Brethren, it is time to RIDE THE STORM, “And when these things begin to come to pass, then LOOK UP, and LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; for your REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH” [Luke 21:28]

3. When it was time for Israel to be delivered from Egypt, some called for confrontation, others argued for compromise with Pharaoh but God spoke through a PROPHET, “And by a PROPHET the LORD BROUGHT ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT, and by a prophet was he preserved” [Hosea 12:13] Brethren, as the PALE HORSE rides through the earth, the solution is neither in confrontation or compromise, but to trust in the Lord and RIDE THE STORM on the WINGS of PROPHECY, as it is written: “But they that WAIT UPON THE LORD shall renew their strength; they shall MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not fain” [Isaiah 40:31] In the midst of a seemingly unending pandemic, social disorder and widespread economic instability, God is offering you a RIDE on His WINGS, “As an EAGLE STIRRETH up her nest, FLUTTERETH over her young, SPREADETH ABROAD HER WINGS, taketh them, BEARETH THEM ON HER WINGS:” [Deuteronomy 32:11] The “STIRRING” is the SPIRIT of PROPHECY, awakening in us inward conviction of the imminent appearance of the Lord. Whereas Israel was brought out of Egypt by a PROPHET, we are RIDING THIS STORM to GLORY by the SPIRIT of PROPHECY. The VOICE of the Lord is the SPIRIT of PROPHECY, STIRRING awake His BRIDE with the TESTIMONY of His imminent appearance. Beloved, He is COMING, can you hear him? Listen, thus says the Lord: “My SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, and I KNOW THEM, and they FOLLOW ME” [John 10:27] 

4. As the Angel of DEATH rides through the land, the VORTEX of HELL follows, spewing DECEPTION and DESTRUCTION. We know Satan  has a SHORT TIME and are neither deceived nor afraid of the “… DESTRUCTION that wasteth at noonday” [Psalms 916] We are “STIRRED”, fully awake and enlightened, both to SEE and HEAR as the GREAT EAGLE, “.. FLUTTERETH over her young, SPREADETH abroad her wings, …” [Deuteronomy 32:11] The Lord is so close, the “FLUTTERING” of His WINGS generate strong winds of FAITH in us, chastening and blowing away cushions of fleshly affections hindering our FAITH to join Him in the air, “FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVETH HE CHASTENETH, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth” [Hebrews 12:6] If we submit to His chastening, we are WEANED of fetters of SELF and strengthened to continually LOOK beyond  present travails, “For WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, there will YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO” [Matthew 6:21] If we endure the pains and losses of His “FLUTTERING”,  the Lord “SPREADETH ABROAD HER WINGS” over us and brings us into the SECRET PLACE of the MOST HIGH, while we await TRANSLATION, as it is written: “He that dwelleth in the SECRET PLACE of the most High shall abide under the SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY… Surely he shall DELIVER THEE FROM THE SNARE OF THE FOWLER, and FROM THE NOISOME PESTILENCE” [Psalms 91:1-3]  Beloved, if you have HEARD His VOICE, yield to His FLUTTERING and He will keep you under His SHADOW, to RIDE THE STORM on EAGLE’S WINGS to everlasting GLORY.

5. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, amen 

TRUTH preceded the LIE; God had a BODY prepared for Himself to REDEEM us from SIN and DEATH, that is, Jesus Christ “Who verily was FOREORDAINED BEFORE the FOUNDATION of the WORLD, but was MANIFEST in THESE LAST DAYS” [1 Peter 1:20]...

ISRAEL is by CALLING, not of BIRTH, “… For they are NOT ALL ISRAEL, WHICH ARE OF ISRAEL” [Romans 9:6]...

Virtually all nations are LOCKED DOWN in one form of COVID-19 restriction or another, the economy is depressed, climate change is unrelenting and the hearts of men oppressed with fear of what lies ahead. At such a time as this, the WATCHMAN must CRY,...

1. I write to you about GIVING AND RECEIVING, not because I desire a GIFT, “… I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be CONTENT. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both TO BE FULL and TO BE HUNGRY, both to abound and to suffer need” [Philippians 4:11-12] I am sure you are aware of some who suppose GIVING is BRIBING God for financial favour and others who think EXTORTION is RECEIVING, “… men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS: from such withdraw thyself” [1 Timothy 6:5] GIVING AND RECEIVING are SPIRITUAL EXERCISES, not financial BARGAIN, whose end is FRUIT that abides to EVERLASTING LIFE, as it is written: “… when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning GIVING AND RECEIVING, but ye only. .. Not because I desire a gift: but I desire FRUIT that may abound to YOUR ACCOUNT” [Philippians 4:15-17] Your ACCOUNT is with God, not your Pastor and the FRUIT is not more houses and cars, but TREASURES in heavenly places, therefore, “…  lay up for yourselves TREASURES IN HEAVEN, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal” [Matthew 6:20]

2. God cares more about the GIVER than his OFFERING, and “… the LORD had RESPECT UNTO ABEL and to his OFFERING: But unto CAIN and HIS OFFERING HE HAD NOT RESPECT” [Genesis 4:4-5] God  had “RESPECT UNTO ABEL”, and subsequently ACCEPTED his OFFERING, but to Cain He said: “IF THOU DOEST WELL, SHALT THOU NOT BE ACCEPTED? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. …” [Genesis 4:7] Friend, God has no record of what you GIVE until you are “ACCEPTED WITH HIM”, for “… GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS:  But in every nation he that FEARETH HIM, and worketh RIGHTEOUSNESS, is ACCEPTED WITH HIM” [Acts 10:34-35] Our OFFERINGS are “ACCEPTED WITH HIM” when we take up His offer of LOVE as manifest in Jesus Christ “For God so LOVED the world, that HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE” [John 3:16] GIVING is proof of the LOVE of God in us, not a religious obligation; let the GIVER give cheerfully and in LOVE as unto the Lord, first to the “HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH” and then to all men, “… doing good unto all men, ESPECIALLY UNTO them who are of the HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH” [Galatians 6:10] Let us provoke one another to GIVE beyond narrow parish partitions, breaking down denominational walls to WATER the SEED of RIGHTEOUSNESS, as it is written: “The liberal soul shall be made fat: and HE THAT WATERETH SHALL BE WATERED also himself” [Proverbs 11:25]

3. I write to MINISTERS of the NEW TESTAMENT and am one, the MANDATE to RECEIVE is a TRUST, and must not be abused with COVETOUSNESS. Let us walk in WISDOM and In FAITH with those without the HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH who bring donations to seek a favour from the Lord. If we take the largesse without laying the foundation of TRUTH in them, we are MONEY LAUNDERERS, “… following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the WAGES OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS” [2 Peter 2:15] In regard to the flocks of Christ, what we RECEIVE from them is neither REWARD nor GAIN, that should be obtained with “FEIGNED WORDS or EXTORTION, as foretold: “And through COVETOUSNESS shall they with FEIGNED WORDS MAKE MERCHANDISE OF YOU: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth in not, and their DAMNATION slumbereth not” [2 Peter 2:3] What we RECEIVE, we RECEIVE in the name of the Lord and must be apportioned according to His WILL. The  culture of a Senior Pastor taking the lion share or presiding over the purse is contrary to our FAITH; the Apostles said to the Church, “Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word" (Acts 6:3-4)  Everyone that ministers in one form or another in the Church is entitled to RECEIVE, according to NEED; indeed every SAINT who is NEEDY, that none may lack in the household of God [Acts 4:34-35]

4. Thus says the Lord: “… I COME QUICKLY; and MY REWARD is with me, TO GIVE EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HIS WORK SHALL BE” [Revelation 22:12] The GIVER and RECEIVER are STEWARDS of RIGHTEOUSNESS; God who empowers the GIVER, also gives GRACE to the RECEIVER to provide what is lacking in the GIVER,  “Now he that ministereth SEED TO THE SOWER both minister BREAD FOR YOUR FOOD, and MULTIPLY YOUR SEED SOWN, and INCREASE the FRUITS OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS;)” [2 Corinthians 9:10] According to divine purpose, the GIVER and RECEIVER are STEWARDS of RIGHTEOUSNESS; one relieves the other of the daily rigor of material BREAD, that he may apply himself to supply spiritual BREAD. At His Coming, the Lord shall WEIGH the GIVER according to his MOTIVE, the RECEIVER by the INTEGRITY of his heart and give everyman according as His work. If the MOTIVE for your GIVING is more riches you are as wrong as the RECEIVER who takes pride in crass materialism, “… SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS:… ” [1 Timothy 6:5] Brethren, let us be FAITHFUL in GIVING and RECEIVING, so we are not condemned at His Coming, “WATCH therefore: for ye know not WHAT HOUR YOUR LORD DOTH COME” [Matthew 24:42]

5. If you are not BORN AGAIN, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour today, amen 

1. TIME is the MYSTERY of God expressing His MIND in PROPHECY’ but soon “… there should be TIME NO LONGER: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the MYSTERY OF GOD SHOULD BE FINISHED, as he hath declared to his servants the PROPHETS” [Revelation 10:6-7] The MYSTERY is the PLAN of God to RECONCILE the world to Himself through Jesus Christ, “To wit, that GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING THE WORLD UNTO HIMSELF, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation” [2 Corinthians 5:19] God, who in times past,  made known His PROGRAM and EVENTS leading to the END of TIME through His PROPHETS  “Hath in these last days SPOKEN UNTO US BY HIS SON, whom he hath appointed, by whom also HE MADE THE WORLDS” [Hebrews 1:1-2] Like many of us, the APOSTLES were fascinated with PROPHECY and asked Jesus: “… Tell us, WHEN SHALL THESE THINGS BE? and what shall be the SIGN of THY COMING, and of the END OF THE WORLD?” [Matthew 24:3]

2. “WHEN SHALL THESE THINGS BE?” was in response to “THESE THINGS” in Matthew 23:35-36, where Jesus said: “That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth,  from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All THESE THINGS shall come upon this generation”. Seeing the TEMPLE in its glory and watching the priests go about their duties, the APOSTLES may have wondered how “THESE THINGS” would befall Israel. Jesus answered, “… See ye not all  THESE THINGS? verily I say unto you, THERE SHALL NOT BE LEFT ONE STONE UPON ANOTHER, that shall not be thrown down” [Matthew 24:2] In AD 70, Rome sacked Jerusalem; the TEMPLE was destroyed and Israel SCATTERED to RECONCILE GENTILES to God. It is a MYSTERY; God in His infinite wisdom allowed Israel to be BLINDED to Christ to GATHER us into His Kingdom and you should not be “… IGNORANT OF THIS MYSTERY, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that BLINDNESS IN PART IS HAPPENED TO ISRAEL, until the FULNESS OF THE GENTILES be come in” [Romans 11:25] The season of Israel’s DESOLATION is over and the “FULNESS OF GENTILES” is at hand, when we shall be weighed in the balance. Let us, therefore, be SOBER and VIGILANT, knowing “if God spared not the natural branches, TAKE HEED LEST HE ALSO SPARE NOT THEE” [Romans 11:21-22]

3. The COMING of the Lord is in two stages to; He will APPEAR to receive His BRIDE and RETURN to reign through the MILLENIUM. When the APOSTLES asked, “… what shall be the SIGN of thy COMING…”, they had in mind His APPEARANCE, which signal the end of Israel's DESOLATION as foretold “Behold, YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATE. For I say unto you, Ye shall not SEE ME henceforth, TILL YE SHALL SAY, BLESSED IS HE THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD” [Matthew 23:38-39] The SIGN He gave was the RETURN of Israel, “Now learn a parable of the FIG TREE; When HIS BRANCH IS YET TENDER, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when YE SHALL SEE ALL THESE THINGS, know that IT IS NEAR, even at the doors.” [Matthew 24:32-33] Israel is the FIG TREE ABANDONED for some 2,000 years, but now TENDER and “PUTTETH FORTH LEAVES, preparatory to her SALVATION. She was SCATTERED in ONE DAY and GATHERED in ONE DAY for a sure SIGN to those who look forward to the COMING of the Lord, “Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or SHALL A NATION BE BORN AT ONCE? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children” [Isaiah 66:8] The SIGN is sure but for doubters, the Lord added “… SIGNS IN THE SUN, and in the MOON, and in the STARS; and upon the earth DISTRESS OF NATIONS, with PERPELIVITY; the SEA and the WAVES ROARING” [Luke 21:25]

4. Those who SEE the SIGN of His COMING, look forward to His APPEARANCE, when the dead in Christ shall arise and “… we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” [1Thessalonians 4:17] Afterwards comes the GREAT TRIBULATION, when the Lord shall return to Israel in His TWO WITNESSES as it is written: “And I will give POWER unto my TWO WITNESSES, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth” [Revelation 11:3] They shall contend with the ANTICHRIST and in the midst of much sorrows bring SALVATION to Israel, as Israel is turned to the theatre of global conflagration. The world slides to ARMAGEDDON, where the Lord shall lay “… hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a THOUSAND YEARS” [Revelation 20:2] After the MILLENIUM comes the white throne JUDGMENT and the END of the present world “… DEATH and HELL were cast into the LAKE OF FIRE. This is the SECOND DEATH. And whosoever was not found written in the BOOK OF LIFE was cast into the lake of fire” Revelation 20:14-15] Hallelujah, the SECOND DEATH has no power over those whose names are written in the BOOK OF LIFE; for God has prepared for us NEW HEAVEN and NEW EARTH, “And I saw a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea” [Revelation 21:1] 

5. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour today and write your name in the BOOK OF LIFE, amen 

1. A TESTAMENT is a legally binding AGREEMENT between two parties, and “… where a TESTAMENT is, there must also of necessity be the DEATH OF THE TESTATOR. For TESTAMENT is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is OF NO STRENGTH AT ALL WHILE THE TESTATOR LIVETH” [Hebrews 9:16-17] The blood of bulls and rams did not fulfil the conditions of the AGREEMENT God made with Israel, “For the LAW HAVING A SHADOW of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, CAN NEVER WITH THOSE SACRIFICES which they offered year by year continually MAKE THE COMERS THEREUNTO PERFECT” [Hebrews 10:1]   TITHES and OFFERINGS neither made the people who gave or the Priests who received PERFECT, because the TESTATOR was not yet come. The NEW TESTAMENT was brokered and sealed by the BLOOD of the TESTATOR, when Jesus Christ gave up His LIFE on the Cross.  The NEW COVENANT necessitated a new PRIESTHOOD,  equipped with better things to offer than TITHES and OFFERINGS, by Him and of Him “Who also hath made us ABLE MINISTERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT; not of the letter, but OF THE SPIRIT: for the letter killeth, but the SPIRIT GIVETH LIFE” [2 Corinthians 3:6] 

2. PRIESTS under the LAW received sundry “THINGS” from men to offer before God, MINISTERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT receive from God to SERVE, as it is written: “And HE GAVE some, APOSTLES; and some, PROPHETS; and some, EVANGELISTS; and some, PASTORS and  TEACHERS; For the PERFECTION OF THE SAINTS, for the WORK OF THE MINISTRY, for the EDIFYING OF THE BODY of Christ:” [Ephesians 4:11-12] God gave us Himself, not titles; the WORD made FLESH is God working in us to MINISTER His LIFE to those who come to God through Jesus Christ, “For it is God which WORKETH IN YOU both TO WILL and TO DO of his good pleasure” [Philippians 2:13] We are MINISTERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, not LEVITES, and the ONE who works in us demands that we quit “SERVING TABLES”, as it is written: “…, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and SERVE TABLES. …  But we will give ourselves continually to PRAYER, and to the MINISTRY OF THE WORD” [Acts 6:2-4] The APOSTLES refused to manipulate the TRUTH to make themselves millionaires and dropped the Church purse, to please Him who made us able MINISTERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, “Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of DISHONESTY, not walking in CRAFTINESS, nor HANDLING THE WORD OF GOD DECEITFULLY; but by MANIFESTATION OF THE TRUTH commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God” [2 Corinthians 4:1-2]

3. We are MINISTERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT ordained by God, not men, to bring SINNERS to the “… NEW and LIVING WAY, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, HIS FLESH;” [Hebrews 10:20] The “NEW and LIVING WAY” is the MYSTERY of God manifest in Jesus Christ, “And without controversy great is the MYSTERY of godliness: GOD WAS MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory” [1Timothy 3:16] The MYSTERY is revealed in the GOOD NEWS of God made FLESH in Jesus Christ; His BLOOD was shed for the remission of SIN and His FLESH hung on the Cross to REDEEM and RECONCILE us to Himself. The GOSPEL is SIMPLE and complete, and must not be embellished and corrupted with gimmicks, philosophy and traditions of men, “… as the SERPENT BEGUILED EVE through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the SIMPLICITY THAT IS IN CHRIST” [2 Corinthians 11:3] As STEWARDS of the' NEW TESTAMENT, we are commissioned to dispense GRACE to set SINNERS free from shackles of the LAW, which has no power to SAVE, let us therefore “… avoid FOOLISH QUESTIONS, and GENEALOGIES, and CONTENTIONS, and STRIVINGS ABOUT THE LAW; for they are UNPROFITABLE and VAIN” [Titus 3:9] In doing so, let us SPEAK and LIVE by example, not as HYPOCRITES “SPEAKING LIES IN HYPOCRISY; having their conscience seared with a hot iron” [1 Timothy 4:2] 

4. We are MINISTERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, called “In HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE, which God, that cannot lie, PROMISED BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN” [Titus 1:2] The PROMISE is to us and every SOUL that shall come to God through Jesus Christ “Let us therefore fear, lest, a PROMISE being left us of entering into his rest, any of YOU SHOULD SEEM TO COME SHORT OF IT” [Hebrews 4:1] It is required of us as STEWARDS to regularly examine ourselves in the mirror of TRUTH and where necessary submit to be CHASTENED and PRUNED by the WORD of God, “For whom the Lord loveth he CHASTENETH, and SCOURGETH EVERY SON whom he receiveth” [Hebrews 12:6] Let us SPEAK the TRUTH in LOVE, always in readiness to REBUKE SIN without respect of persons, as it is written: “THEM THAT SIN REBUKE before all, that others also may fear” [1 Timothy 5:20] I speak to MINISTERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT and am one, let us be VIGILANT: warning all men of the imminent appearance of Jesus Christ, “For the time is come that JUDGMENT MUST BEGIN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?” [1 Peter 4:17] It is time to awake out of slumber and prepare to meet our Lord and MASTER, but the STEWARD “… which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes” [Luke 12:47]
5. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, amen  

Hordes of hungry and angry men will bring down many governments, looting and scavenging for food on the streets. In the midst of unprecedented chaos, there shall arise a man who shall promise and indeed restore a measure of balance across the globe. The nations and many religious leaders will yield their flocks and resources to him....

The BOOK OF REVELATION overflow with angels and we can neither understand nor grasp the message until we discern the ANGEL OF THE LORD. The same was with Moses in the wilderness and testified to John, “Saying, I am ALPHA and OMEGA, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches in Asia …” [Revelation 1:11 & Acts 7:38]... 

1. There is a peculiar stigma attached to PRISON and PRISONERS of affliction, this need not be so. Man is no stranger to PRISON; we were incarcerated in the womb for nine months and came into this world as PRISONERS OF SIN. SIN is more than what you did or did not do; it is the condition of your MIND “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his SERVANTS YE ARE to WHOM YE OBEY; whether of SIN UNTO DEATH, or of OBEDIENCE UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS?” [Romans 6:16] We are born with a SOUL caged in a BODY subject to the sentence of DEATH. The agony of a PRISONER on death row, the sorrow of a dysfunctional marriage and extreme distress of cruel poverty are the same; they are cries of SOULS incarcerated in a BODY governed by SIN. I have GOOD NEWS for YOU, there is HOPE for your famished SOUL in Jesus Christ  “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY” [2 Corinthians 3:17] Our HOPE is infallible, the GUARANTOR is God; He became like us in Jesus Christ, “… that through death he might destroy him that had the POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS THE DEVIL; And deliver them who through FEAR OF DEATH were all their lifetime SUBJECT TO BONDAGE” [Hebrews 2:14-15]

2. In Jesus Christ, we are no longer PRISONERS OF SIN, but of HOPE; the power of DEATH is broken in the FLESH, fully assured “… ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD to them that LOVE God, to them who are the CALLED according to His PURPOSE” [Romans 8:28] Listen, whatever you presently count as TRIBULATION is accommodated in the PURPOSE of God to work for your good. Those who place their HOPE in God have no room for FEAR, GLOOM or SHAME, “… knowing that TRIBULATION worketh PATIENCE. And patience, EXPERIENCE; and experience, HOPE: And HOPE MAKETH NOT ASHAMED; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us” [Romans 5:3-5] HOPE is made perfect in PATIENCE, allowing God to work out His PURPOSE in your life, “For YE HAVE NEED OF PATIENCE, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might RECEIVE THE PROMISE” [Hebrews 10:36] PATIENCE is not complacency but a spirited campaign to quell all doubts in God’s willingness and ability to do what is best for you. Godly PATIENCE produces in us invaluable EXPERIENCE of how God works and strengthens confidence  in Him in the midst of grueling adversity, as it did in David and “David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, HE WILL DELIVER ME out of the hand of this Philistine.…” [1 Samuel 17:37] Wipe away your tears, put your TRUST in God, “REJOICING IN HOPE; PATIENT IN TRIBULATION; continuing instant in PRAYER” [Romans 12:12]

3. We became PRISONERS OF HOPE when we exchanged the chains of SIN for the YOKE of REST in Jesus Christ, as it is written: “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I WILL GIVE YOU REST.  TAKE MY YOKE upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS” [Matthew 11:28-29] We are PRISONERS OF HOPE who TRUST in Christ beyond our present circumstances, for “If in this life only we have HOPE IN CHRIST, we are of all men most miserable” [1 Corinthians 15:19] Our HOPE in Him is anchored on God’s eternal PURPOSE to bring us to an EXPECTED END, as it is written: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE, and NOT OF EVIL, to give you an EXPECTED END” [Jeremiah 29:11] The “END” God has for you transcend the misery of your PRISON cell, the pain of terminal cancer or the shame of abject poverty. In all these things and more, we are PRISONERS OF HOPE, dead to this world but alive to God’s promise of EXPECTED END, “For ye are dead, and YOUR LIFE IS HID WITH CHRIST in God” [Colossians 3:3] In Him, we are delivered from FEAR of what men and demons may do to this BODY, we have His PEACE and our SOULS are secure in Him, therefore, “… FEAR NOT them which kill the body, but are NOT ABLE TO KILL THE SOUL: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” [Matthew 10:28]

4. As long as we are in this BODY, we are PRISONERS OF HOPE. We look forward with PATIENCE to the day when every PRISON wall of affliction shall be broken and we shall be delivered from this earthly BODY, “Beloved, now are we the SONS OF GOD, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; for we shall see him as he is” [1 John 3:2] In that day, it shall no longer matter what men did to this BODY or the shame of PRISON chains. In the twinkling of an eye, we shall be translated into celestial glory. Those who died in the Lord shall not be left out, “… the  DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS” [ 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18]
 
5. Friend, accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour today and be delivered from PRISON OF SIN to the LIBERTY and REST of SONS OF GOD, amename