WHY, because the world is about to REAP THE FULL PENALTY of its SINS. THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST IS IMMINENT.

THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of THE DAY OF THE LORD; the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

That day is a DAY OF WRATH, a day of TROUBLE AND DISTRESS, a day of wasteness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of THE TRUMPET and ALARM against fenced cities, and against the high towers.
And l will bring DISTRESS UPON MEN, that they shall walk like BLIND MEN, because THEY HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
NEITHER THEIR SILVER NOR THEIR GOLD shall be able to DELIVER THEM in THE DAY OF THE LORD’S WRATH; but the whole land shall be devoured by the FIRE of his jealousy: for He shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land (GOD’S WORD ZEPHANIAH 1:14-18).

Let us now examine the above Bible Prophecy from the Old Testament, focusing on the “DAY OF THE LORD”.

Throughout the Holy Bible, the above phrase has been repeatedly used in various writings by different PROPHETS AND SERVANTS of God Almighty.

The following Bible Verses confirm the same message with accuracy:

The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD come (GOD’S WORD JOEL 2:31).

For THE DAY OF THE LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low (GOD’S WORD ISAIAH 2:12).

In the same BOOK OF ISAIAH Chapter 13, we can confirm the same message in verse 9 and 10. “Behold, THE DAY OF THE LORD COMETH, cruel both with WRATH and FIERCE ANGER, to lay the land desolate: and HE shall DESTROY THE SINNERS thereof out of it.
For the STARS OF HEAVEN and the constellations thereof SHALL NOT GIVE THEIR LIGHT: THE SUN SHALL BE DARKENED in his going forth, and THE MOON shall not CAUSE HER LIGHT TO SHINE.

As CREATOR of the UNIVERSE, God will DEMONSTRATE HIS AUTHORITY AND POWER over everything He has created during these times.

Moving forward to the New Testament, Jesus Christ emphasized on the significance of two or three WITNESSES when making a case.

GOD’S WORD (MATTHEW 18:16) reads: “But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, THAT IN THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES every WORD MAY BE ESTABLISHED”.

This “GOLDEN RULE” expressed by Jesus Christ is APPLICABLE to almost all LEGAL CASES/DISPUTES in the free and civilized world.

Let us now APPLY this same rule to God’s SEVERAL WITNESSES, whom God used as VESSELS FOR COMMUNICATION TO THE WORLD VIA THE HOLY SPIRIT.
And as the scriptures confirm BY MANY INFALLIBLE PROOFS, the work of THE HOLY SPIRIT has always been accurate and truthful.

Here are two more verses from separate Books confirming THE DAY OF THE LORD.

But THE DAY OF THE LORD will come as A THIEF IN THE NIGHT; 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 (GOD’S WORD 2ND PETER 3:10).

Next…..

For yourselves know perfectly that THE DAY OF THE LORD so cometh as a thief in the night.
For when THEY SHALL SAY SAFETY; then SUDDEN DESTRUCTION cometh upon them, as a travail upon a woman with child; AND THEY SHALL NOT ESCAPE (GOD’S WORD 1ST THESSALONIANS 2:3).

All the ABOVE WARNINGS amplifies and expands throughout the HOLY BIBLE, and this message was repeated in different words by Jesus Christ Himself in the Books of (MATTHEW 24:29-31, MARK 13:23-26, LUKE 21:25-27).

SO, matching these Bible Prophecies to recent events and observations, particularly since the beginning of the NEW MILLENNIUM, the political chaos, hatred, lengthy wars, natural disasters, famine-food banks in wealthy countries, civil unrest, moral degradation among societies and A RECENT global PESTILENCE which successfully plagued MANKIND and in the process managed to shut down the entire global system within weeks.

Should the WORLD take this experience as a WAKE UP CALL?

YES, this is a serious WARNING, a “prelude” to what is yet to come!

LET US REMEMBER that God the CREATOR never lies.

GOD’S WORD ISAIAH 55:6,7,8,9&11 reads:
Seek ye the lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near:
Let the WICKED forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him RETURN UNTO THE LORD, and He will HAVE MERCY upon him; and to our God, for He will PARDON ABUNDANTLY.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
So shall my WORD be that GOETH FORTH OUT OF MY MOUTH: It shall NOT RETURN UNTO ME VOID, but it shall ACCOMPLISH that which l please, and it shall PROSPER IN THE THING WHERETO I SENT IT. Amen.

Looking carefully at the above passages, we can clearly identify God’s WARNINGS, INSTRUCTIONS AND PLEAS OF CHANGE TO MANKIND.

REPENTANCE

FOR THIS CAUSE WAS JESUS CHRIST BORN, and during His three years of ministry, HE VEHEMENTLY URGED THE WORLD TO REPENT because HE LOVES us.

GOD’S WORD MATTHEW 4:17
From that time Jesus began to PREACH and to say REPENT: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

To give a clear illustration of God’s plea for REPENTANCE, let us briefly dive back into the Old Testament, to take a look at the STORY OF JONAH THE PROPHET AND THE WICKED SINFUL PEOPLE OF NINEVEH.

GOD’S WORD JONAH 1:1-2
NOW THE WORD OF THE LORD came unto Jonah the Son of Amitai, saying, ARISE, go to Nineveh, THAT GREAT CITY, and CRY AGAINST IT; FOR THEIR WICKEDNESS IS COME UP BEFORE ME.

Although Jonah’s story is one of the shortest Books in the Holy Bible, with just four chapters, it exhibits a rare but successful “TRILOGY” of people REPENTING.
Initially, Jonah disobeyed GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS, so he ended up in the belly of a big whale.
After realising his pitiful fate, Jonah admitted his fault by CONFESSING HIS SINS. This is the first step to REPENTANCE. So God delivered Jonah out of the belly of the BIG FISH, and gave him a second chance to live and do right.

And this is how it happened…
Then Jonah prayed unto The Lord out of the Fish’s Belly, and said, I CRIED BY REASON OF MINE AFFLICTION UNTO THE LORD, AND HE HEARD ME; out of the belly of hell cried l, and thou heardest my voice – GOD’S WORD JONAH 2:1-2.

Let’s read further…(GOD’S WORD JONAH 2:9-10)
But l will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; l will pay that that l have vowed.
SALVATION IS OF THE LORD.
And The Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomitted out Jonah upon the dry land. Amen.

PART 2…

The sailors, who had no other option but to cast Jonah out of their ship into the sea in order to prevent a catastrophe, also SUBMITTED TO GOD INSTANTLY and REPENTED, first, because they assumed Jonah was dead, which is murder and second their witnessing of the tempest prior to Jonah exiting the ship and the calmness thereafter. They knew that was a display of God’s MIGHT.

GOD’S WORD JONAH 1:15-16 reads: So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea, and the sea ceased from raging.
Then the men feared The Lord exceedingly, and offered sacrifice unto the Lord and made vows. The last three words of the above verse “and made vows” equals REPENTANCE and SUBMISSION to God.

AND FINALLY, THE LAST OF THE  “TRILOGY”…

THE PEOPLE OF NINEVEH REPENTED

GOD’S WORD JONAH 3:5 reads: So the PEOPLE OF NINEVEH BELIEVED GOD, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the GREATEST of them even unto the LEAST of them.

GOD’S WORD JONAH 3:10

CONFIRMATION OF GOD’S FORGIVENESS OF SINS

And God saw their works, that THEY TURNED FROM THEIR EVIL WAY; and God repented of the evil, that He had said that He would do unto them, and He DID NOT. Amen

These TRUTHFUL historical EVENTS is a classic case of a “HAPPY ENDING” which is the exact OPPOSITE of what happened to the people in the ancient cities of SODOM AND GOMORRAH. God destroyed it with FIRE because they refused to REPENT OF THEIR SINS.

THE BOOK OF 2ND PETER 3:9 teaches us that, GOD’S ULTIMATE GOAL has always been TO BRING ALL PEOPLE TO REPENTANCE.
“The Lord is not slack concerning his PROMISE, as some men count slackness; But is longsuffering to us-ward,
not willing that any should perish, but that ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE.

WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS

To “bluntly” describe what the TWO OPTIONS FOR MANKIND ARE, please see the below NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE VERSE:

GOD’S WORD ROMANS 6:23

For the WAGES OF SIN is DEATH; But the GIFT OF GOD is ETERNAL LIFE through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

AND THIS IS HOW REPENTANCE BEGINS:

GOD’S WORD ROMANS 10:8-10

But what saith it? The WORD is nigh in THEE, even in thy MOUTH, and in thy HEART: that is, THE WORD OF FAITH, which we PREACH.
That if thou shall CONFESS, with thy MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, and shalt BELIEVE IN THINE HEART that God hath raised Him from the dead, THOU SHALT BE SAVED.
For with the HEART man BELIEVETH UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS; and with the MOUTH CONFESSION IS MADE UNTO SALVATION.

Thank you and God bless you All.

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