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MALACHI 4
MALACHI 4
1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
1 “For behold, the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“That will leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But to you who fear My name
The Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
3 You shall trample the wicked,
For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet
On the day that I do this,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
4 “Remember the Law of Moses, My servant,
Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel,
With the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
6 And he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
What is soon coming upon the world will be the darkest hours for mankind, they will be years full of fear, anxiety, hatred, and confusion. They will bring with them an evil which we have never before seen on earth! Yet, they will last for only a little while, but that little while will seem to last for an eternity to those dwelling in the world.
In that day the Lord will rain down His wrath upon the wicked, He shall pay retribution for those rebelling against Him. The Lord is a patient God, yet His patience will not last forever, and there is soon coming a time when He will exact His righteous vengeance upon those who continue to rebel. It shall be a time like no other, a time when man will plead to die but cannot, a time when man will attempt to hide from God but cannot! A time when man will seek the wicked and evil even though he knows that he is in rebellion and will endure God’s mighty wrath, not desiring to change his ways, succumbing to the sway of the evil one.
This is what the world is now facing, not only the intense wrath of God upon a wicked world, but also the wrath of Satan against all of mankind! Satan is a deceiver and an imposter, he is an imitator of what is holy and righteous, yet twists the truth into lies and false doctrines. He changes what God has ordained, and he attempts to change the hearts of men by his wicked schemes.
So now here we are, just minutes away, in the last hour, actually I believe the last remaining minutes of life as we know it. Times are not only moving at break neck speeds they are actually changing! Right before our very eyes we can see the spiritual world hard at work in our physical dimension. It can be a very scary reality if we are not grounded in the word of God, if we have not placed our faith, our trust, and our life in the hands of an Almighty God, Jesus Christ!
Know this, that if you are a born again child of the living God of the universe, Jesus Christ, then you have nothing to fear, however, if you have never been saved, if you are of this world, then you have much to fear! For the good Lord is quickly coming with a vengeance! Our time is short, but so is Satan’s and he knows it. He will exact terrible atrocities upon the world and those living in it.
After God’s wrath has been poured out upon the world then He shall come riding victoriously on a white horse with His army of saints, putting an end to the wickedness and evil in the world. He will come to rule with a rod of iron for a thousand years! He shall turn swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks. The lion shall lie with the lamb, and the Lamb of God will come in as a roaring Lion!
This is where we now stand, at the precipice of time, a time of great decision, a time like no other in the history of mankind. This is no time to sleep, no time to be weary, but rather a time to be wide awake, a time to discern and be aware of what is now happening in the world and to the world!
And while Satan and his evil minions attempt to bring us down with them, we can stand firm in our faith and beliefs of Jesus Christ, knowing that He is with us always, that He will never forsake us, and that we have already won the victory! Although we have many battles to fight along the way, our Lord and His mighty angels stand at our side, they go out before us, they stand to our left, and they stand to our right, they are above us and behind us, and they stand perched upon the hills overlooking us!
Know just where you are in time, know where you are going, and know just who you serve! The only way out of all of this mess is by repenting of your sins and accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior! It’s the only way out!
22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
Days cut Short
4 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
10 And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.
25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; 26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
1 Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
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.
23 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand.
26 “Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.
27 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! 34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
45 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. 47 Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, 51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.