SOUND THE ALARM/THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NIGH!
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Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Intro:
The Lord has given me a sober message this morning.
The LORD is speaking to us, he is preparing his bride (the church) for his coming.
This past week we saw yet another blood moon. In my time on this earth, I have never experienced as many blood moons as I have experienced the last 3 years. The LORD is trying to tell his church be ready.
Peter on the day of Pentecost, he preached and took his text from the book of Joel. I could have went straight to Acts 2:17-21. But the LORD told me to preach from the original text this morning because the Jews understood that text. Maybe, you may have never read the book of Joel.
Let’s look at a couple of scriptures:
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
God’s people were living in sin and they were unaware of the time in which they were living in. God’s judgement from an historical view was getting ready to come upon them. They were asleep and the LORD told them “AWAKE”.
That’s what the LORD is telling us this morning. Listen, I need everyone to listen......I don’t need a lot of boosting from anyone, especially if you think you are alright.....cause I promise you.....the word is going to find everyone in here this morning.
I need you praying and listening intently to what God is saying to us this morning.
AWAKE THOU THAT SLEEPEST. Awake, ye drunkards. When you are intoxicated, you are not cognizant of the things that are going on around you.
For those of us, that the LORD delivered from alcohol we can tell those of you that never experienced what it is like to be drunk. That alcohol numbs your senses. Your awareness decreases, you do things that you are unaware of, you say things that you don’t remember saying, because you are intoxicated.
Jesus said in Luke 21:34-35
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
The NLT says “WATCH OUT!!!!” My God, it is a warning. The warning tells us to not let our hearts be overcharged (dulled) with surfeiting. Surfeiting is debauchery and debauchery is defined as extreme indulgence in bodily pleasure involving sex, drugs, and alcohol.
Sex, drugs, and alcohol. And that is what is dominating society today is sex, drugs, and alcohol. Our commercials, our TV’s, the internet is full of sex, drugs, and alcohol. The music scene is dominated by surfeiting it is dominated by debauchery. That’s why our young men our killing each other. That’s why legislation has been passed for drugs that were once illegal to become legal.
You can’t look at a single television channel without seeing some form of debauchery. OH I’M TRYING TO WAKE YOU UP PEOPLE OF GOD! How many beer commercials come on tv and we wonder why our love ones are struggling with alcohol.
How many commercials we see that these pharmaceutical companies are releasing drugs, narcotics that cause people to become addicted to pain medication.
How many commercials do we see in a days time that we see men kissing men, women kissing women, tv shows that promote engaging in sex outside of marriage, promoting having children out of wedlock, letting people in the world know that it is okay to do these things. It’s everywhere and whether you realize it or not, the POWERS THAT BE HAVE ORDAINED IT TO BE AIRED NONSTOP ON EVERY TV STATION IT SEEMS LIKE!
And what they are trying to do is desensitize you to sin. They are trying to baptize you into a life of sin so that sin can disassociate you with God. In psychology there is a mental condition called disassociation disorder, where the person feels disassociated with feelings, they feel disassociated with people, with their environment, with thoughts, with memories, with your identity.
And this is what the world is trying to do to the saints of God. Because in the psychiatric realm, when a person has a mental breakdown and is usually from the pressure and the stress that is placed on the persons mind!!! And the world, sin, is trying to put so much pressure on you that you become disassociated with God.....it’s called back-slidding. You lose your identity with God, you no longer have any feelings concerning the things of God, you feel no guilt, no remorse towards sin, you become separated from Him, you no longer feel like yourself.
And if Satan can’t disassociate you, then he’ll start throwing distractions your way! Next thing you know, you start putting things in front of God. You put your family in front of God, you put your job in front of God, you put things in front of God and now the cares of life have you blinded to the reality of the LORD’s imminent coming!
But Jesus says, WATCH OUT!!!! Saints we gotta watch out for this stuff, because they are trying to program your minds. And it is not so much the older saints we have to worry about......it is the young people they are after!!! I know you let your child watch Disney......but there are some undercurrents going on at Disney that is not of God!!!
Jesus said “Don’t let your hearts be dulled, by carousing, surfeiting, and drunkenness. IT IS MORE TO LIFE THAN PARTYING!!! IT IS MORE TO LIFE THAN GOING TO THE CLUB ON THE WEEKENDS.....BEEN THERE.....DONE THAT......DON’T AND WILL NOT GO BACK TO IT!!!
Jesus then says and the cares of this life. So you may not be drinking, you may not be engaging in sexual immorality, maybe you are married.......not talking about a man married to a man or woman married to a woman. The Bible defines marriage as a man married to a woman. But you may not be in sexual immorality, maybe you don’t drink, you don’t use drugs, that’s most of us in here.....at least I pray that is the case.....it better be.
But there is one more thing you can get drunk with and that is the cares of this life! You can be drunk with your family, you can be drunk with your job, you can be drunk with your school and education, that you spend very little time seeking the things of God and seek more of your own self interests.
Jesus says “Don’t let that day catch you unaware!” The LORD is going to come back and when He comes he’s going to catch a whole lot of people off guard. They gonna think, “I thought I had time, there going to think “Oh no, I thought that stuff was fake, I thought it was a scare tactic to control the population” and it will be too late!!!
Look at somebody and tell them “Don’t let that day catch you unaware, like a trap.”
Jesus then says in verse 36:
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Encourage someone else and tell them “Watch and pray”!!! Play time is over, the days of gratification for our flesh is over. The days of drunkeness......the days of debauchery and doing whatever you feel like doing is over! It’s time to watch and pray, it’s time to look for the LORD to come, it is time to repent and turn to God!
What are we gonna pray about? Pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy. Pray, that you might be strong enough to escape judgement! Pray that you make it out of this dying, sinful world! Pray that you escape the horrors and all the things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
When I stand before Jesus, I don’t want to hear Him say “depart from me, ye worker of iniquity, I never knew you. I want to hear him say “Well done thy good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord!”
IT’S TIME TO WAKE UP......IT’S TIME TO SOUND THE ALARM......THE ALARM IS GOING OFF.......WAKE UP.......WAKE UP SAINTS.......WAKE UP CHURCH.......THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NIGH!!!
Joel records:
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
The Lord is coming back to judge the world. Any time, the LORD sent judgement upon the earth it was a day of darkness and of gloominess.
When Jesus ascended up to heaven, his disciples looked at him in amazement. How is he going on, he doesn’t have a jet pack on, he doesn’t even need a space suit, and I believe that once he hit the atmosphere he hit the speed of light, could have possibly went through a wormhole or something, you know the scientist are talking about wormholes. I don’t know, but the angels stood by in white apparel and told his disciples: “this same Jesus, (Acts 1:11), which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
And when Jesus comes back again, he’s going to bring the host of heaven with him, and every eye shall see him.
They said this past week that there was a rocket launch and that everyone on the east coast could see that rocket launch at 8:31pm I believe Thursday night. When Jesus comes with the heavenly host......EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM! He has to come that way, because there will be an Anti-Christ that will deceive many, and many will think that this Anti-Christ is the Messiah.
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
But so that you will know that there is only one Messiah, Jesus is going to do what seems to be impossible so that every eye will see and then every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God!
Daniel prophesied of this when he wrote
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Joel then says:
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
It is time for us to repent!!! God tells those whom He loves to repent!!!
The Bible declares in Acts 2:40 that Peter after he told them what they needed to do. After he told them to repent of their sins and turn to God, after he told them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. He continued preaching for a long time afteward, it was not the end of the sermon. He continued to preach and strongly urged them to “Save yourselves from this untoward (crooked) generation!
We are living in an untoward generation, we are living in a crooked generation, a generation that calls right wrong and that calls wrong right.
The prophet Isaiah warned of this when he writes:
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Close:
There are several signs that have already been given to us, that the LORD is soon to come back and judge the world, Peter preached on this:
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Altar Call:
Now, I know that most people in here gonna think. Oh I haven’t did nothing to go to the altar. But you don’t know what is down the road and you can’t see what is really in your heart but the LORD sees you.
He sees areas in you that you can’t see. What we need to realize is that we can sin without our conscience mind knowing.
That is why when Jesus taught his disciples to pray, when he gave them the model of how to pray Jesus said:
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
And that is a prayer we have to keep before the LORD always.
So when we do altar call today, if I see you sitting in your seat I’m going to assume that you are perfect and without sin.
But John says:
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
So you’re sitting right in the house of God and lying about your status before God all because of pride and ego.
But the scriptures declare that:
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
YOU NEED NOT HAVE DONE ANYTHING THIS WEEK.....BUT WE ALL NEED GOD TO WORK ON US SOME MORE!!! WE ALL HAVE AREAS OF OUR LIVES THAT WE NEED GOD TO SHINE HIS LIGHT ON. WE ALL HAVE AREAS AND STRUGGLES IN OUR LIVES THAT WE ARE AWARE OF AND WE HAVE SOME AREAS OF US THAT IF WE WERE PUT IN THE RIGHT SITUATION THE WORST OF US WOULD COME OUT!!!
I NEED ALL THE HUMBLE PEOPLE, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT KNEW THEY NEED HELP, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CAN BOLDLY COME TO THE THRONE OF GRACE TO OBTAIN HELP IN TIME OF NEED.
WE WANT TO MAKE OUR CALL AND ELECTION SURE.
IT’S TIME FOR US TO REPENT.......EVERYONE HAS TO REPENT. THE PREACHER HAS TO REPENT, THE MISSIONARY HAS TO REPENT, THE DEACON HAS TO REPENT, THE MUSICIAN HAS TO REPENT, THE ALCOHOLIC HAS TO REPENT, THE FORNICATOR HAS TO REPENT, THE LIAR HAS TO REPENT, THE CHEATER HAS TO REPENT, THE ADULTERER HAS TO REPENT, THE LESBIAN HAS TO REPENT, THE HOMOSEXUAL HAS TO REPENT, THE SOOTHSAYER HAS TO REPENT, THE WITCH HAS TO REPENT, THE GOSSIPER HAS TO REPENT, THE PROUD HAS TO REPENT, THE STUBBORN HAS TO REPENT, THE HATER HAS TO REPENT, THE MOLESTER HAS TO REPENT, THE DRUG USER HAS TO REPENT, THE GREEDY HAS TO REPENT, THOSE WHO DISOBEY THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO REPENT, BRAWLERS AND QUARRELERS HAVE TO REPENT, PROMISE BREAKERS, HEARTLESS, THOSE WHO SHOW NO MERCY, THOSE WHO CAUSE DIVISION, THOSE WHO ARE ENVIOUS, THOSE WHO ARE FULL OF SELFISH AMBITION, THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN LUSTFUL PLEASURES, MURDERS, THOSE WHO THINK EVIL!!!
IT’S TIME TO REPENT!!! IT IS TIME TO TURN TO GOD!!! IT IS TIME TO SEEK THE LORD LIKE NEVER BEFORE!!!
HE’S COMING SOON, HE’S COMING SOON, HE’S COMING SOON!!!
BLOW YE THE TRUMPET IN ZION......SOUND THE ALARM IN MY HOLY MOUNTAIN: LET ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND TREMBLE: FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD COMETH, FOR IT IS NIGH AT HAND
AND I WILL CAUSE WONDERS IN THE HEAVENS AND ON THE EARTH- BLOOD AND FIRE AND COLUMNS OF SMOKE. THE SUN WILL BECOME DARK, AND THE MOON WILL TURN BLOOD RED BEFORE THAT GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD ARRIVES
BUT EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED!!!
COME ON CHURCH LET’S CALL ON JESUS......COME ON CHURCH, LET’S MAKE SURE WE ARE RIGHT. COME ON CHURCH, LET’S MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH OIL IN OUR LAMPS!!! IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE HOLY GHOST.......CALL ON JESUS AND ASK HIM TO FILL YOU ASK HIM TO BAPTIZE YOU WITH HIS SPIRIT!