Promises Promises
Notes
Transcript
Hebrews 10:22–23 “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of rapidly escalating attacks between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies that threatens to push the Middle East closer to a regionwide war.
Iran said the barrage was retaliation for a series of devastating blows Israel has landed in recent weeks against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, which has been firing rockets into Israel since the war in Gaza began. Earlier Tuesday, Israel launched what it said is a limited ground incursion in southern Lebanon.
Israelis scrambled for bomb shelters as air raid sirens sounded and the orange glow of missiles streaked across the night sky.
Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the country’s air defenses intercepted many of the incoming Iranian missiles, though some landed in central and southern Israel. Israel’s national rescue service said two people were lightly wounded by shrapnel. In the West Bank, Palestinian officials said a Palestinian man was killed by a missile that fell near the town of Jericho, though it wasn’t clear where the attack originated.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-news-10-01-2024-eb175dff6e46906caea8b9e43dfbd3da
There are no other events necessary in order for The Rapture to occur.
1 Thessalonians 4:17 “Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. 15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Mt 24:4–22.
We are right on the edge of eternity, and God is working all this to bring as many as possible both JEW and Gentile.
Romans 11:25–26 “For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;”
We must choose this day who we want to Serve.
Hebrews 10:22–23 “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:22–23 “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Choosing a Profession
Choosing a Profession
In our Life we must take a stand on what we believe. Your Beliefs will shape your lifestyle. WHat you Believe about Israel matters, What you believe about murder matters. And ULTIMATELY WHat You Believe about Jesus Matters.
IN our time Peace seems unatainable. but The truth is that this is a spiritual war. How interesting it is that Jerusalem has been sought after for so long. The truth IS that the only hope for for Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine is to cast Satan and The powers of Darkness into Judgment.
10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. The Great White Throne Judgment 11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Re 20:10–15.
This is going to Happen. ANd it is really the only hope to stop the sin and destruction in the whole world actually. GOd will Judge those who are sowing evil through the earth. Satan will no longer have reign.
But You and I now are able to enter into Peace not by Violence. But by Professing Jesus as our Savior. Professing Jesus as the one who will ultimately bring PEACE to the World. Jerusalem comes from the word YARAH “Pillar” and SHalem “Peace”. or Foundation of Peace.
The Real ANswer for humanity is a person. It is Jesus Christ. It is professing Him as Lord and Savior.
Hebrews 10:22–23 “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:22–23 “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
How are we able to stand? By Holding Fast to our assuranc of faith. Hold Fast to the Profession in KJV of our Hope.
Keeping That Profession
Keeping That Profession
The Bible is full of prophecies that have come true, are being fulfilled, and will be fulfilled in the future. No prophecy is as relevant as the Rapture and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to the earth.
For over 2000 years we have all heard of the promise of His return. Jesus The Son of God, the Messiah, the one that will save His people from Sin.
An article by Beverly Garside
With a lot more years under my belt, it’s clear to me that Jesus was not planning to revisit us then, and he’s not planning it now. A mere glance at history reveals the absurdity of this notion. For chaos and signs of doom are nothing more than business as usual for planet Earth. Jesus did not return when the Black Plague decimated the West. He did not return when war spread over the whole world and the Nazis executed six million Jews. The birth pangs were likewise hollow in the Civil War. None of these, it turns out, were birth pangs of Jesus’ return.
Any study of history reveals that apocalypses happen all the time. Nations, cultures, empires, gods, and religions rise, wax, wane, evolve, and crash or fade away. It’s only our own narcissistic myopia that fancies our country, our culture, and our gods as the center of all history and creation. We can prophesy the end of this world all we want, but the world follows a different script.
https://medium.com/excommunications/jesus-is-not-coming-back-d5f3ca01ee42
2 Peter 3:3–9 “knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”
Genesis 6:5–8 “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”
So What do we do when the world mocks Jesus and Scoffs at when we preach that Jesus is Coming Back? We are to Hold Fast and Not waver in our Profession. THat We need to trust God when He says he will pass judgment.
Hebrews 10:22–23 “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:22–23 “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
He is Faithful Who Promised
He is Faithful Who Promised
Warren Macdonald had always been drawn to the great outdoors for what he describes as a "feeling of connection".
"I've always explained Hinchinbrook as a bit like Jurassic Park. You've got this narrow channel with this pretty wild place just across on the other side of the channel," Warren says.
After boarding a ferry in Cardwell, Warren got off on the island and hiked all day until he arrived at Little Ramsay Bay.
There, he befriended Geert van Keulen, a 39-year-old backpacker from the Netherlands.
Geert asked him if he wanted to hike up to the summit of Mount Bowen the following morning.
Warren didn't take long to decide.
"Within five or 10 minutes, he came to me and said, 'Yeah, you're on'," Geert says.
The next morning, the two men took off. They thought it would take somewhere between eight to nine hours to get to the top of Mount Bowen. But the path wasn't clear and, later in the day, they realised they were lost.
When night fell, they decided to set up camp on a narrow rock ledge near a creek bed, under Warren's blue tarp. They weren't going to make it to the summit that night.
After dinner, Warren needed to relieve himself. However, the bush behind them was too thick to walk through, so he crossed the creek and climbed up a rock wall. He wanted to get as far away from their water source as possible.
"I pulled up to make my way up and over, and I just heard this almighty crack," he says.
"A refrigerator-sized piece of rock broke loose out of that wall and then just literally slammed me back down into the creek bed — and I mean slammed."
A one-tonne boulder had landed on Warren's legs, pinning him to the creek bed.
A man stuck underneath a boulder with a hat on his head.
When the boulder fell on Warren, he heard two cracks. One was the boulder, the other was his pelvis. He was immediately in intense pain. (Supplied)
The accident occurred on the evening of April 9, 1997. It was a time before mobile phones were common and emergency radio beacons were easily accessible. He was in a remote landscape and in trouble.
The boulder was too heavy for Geert to lift off Warren's legs. So they decided it was best for Geert to trek down Mount Bowen at first light to seek help.
"I said, 'I reckon I can last another night, but I'm not sure I can do a second night'. And that was my last recollection of what I said to Geert," Warren says.
It took Geert a day and a half to hike down to the northern end of Hinchinbrook Island. He was both physically and mentally exhausted, but he was getting closer to raising the alarm to help his friend.
When the Queensland rescue helicopter base in Cairns received the emergency phone call alerting them to a man who had been trapped under a boulder for more than 40 hours, there was an immediate sense of urgency. The crew knew they'd have to leave as soon as possible.
Warren's next memory is of being wheeled into the Cairns Base Hospital around 9pm and having a conversation with a surgeon who told him he'd have to amputate both of his legs.
After his accident, Warren reached the summit of Cradle Mountain in Tasmania using his upper body strength and a modified wheelchair.
Geert Knew that the only way to save his friend is to leave him, and go away and come back with help. This is what Jesus does for us. He will Return Friend, You can count on it.
Hebrews 10:22–23 “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hebrews 10:22–23 “let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Matthew 24:35 “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.”
Numbers 23:19 ““God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”
Titus 1:1–4 “Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began, but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior;
Hebrews 6:17–18 “Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.”