The Day of The Lord
Many hope in the day when Jesus will come back. Many take comfort in just the thought of the rapture, they say, oh the glorious day. Many desire the Day of the LORD!! But they don't know that it will be their destruction, not their redemption. It will be a day of darkness, and not light. Many say, peace, peace, when there is no peace. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape(1Thes5:3). They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace(Jer5:14). Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter(Eze13:10).
They will not be able to escape the day of the Lord. And it will not be light, it will be darkness, it will be the judgment of God that will meet them(Amos5:18,19). For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night(1Thes5:2). God hates the feast days, He will not take delight and smell your solemn assemblies. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity(Luke13:25-27). They thought they ate and drank in the Lord's presence. No. It was not the Lord. They were workers of iniquity and didn't even know it. They thought they were the Lord's. This should cause us to say, Is it I, Lord? as the apostles asked Jesus when He told them there is one among you who is a deceiver!
They offer up burnt offerings and meat offerings, but He will not accept them. They do the right things! But yet God hates them. He says to take away from Him the noise of thy song! When they sing to Him He hates it, it is wickedness, it is not a sweet smelling aroma. They draw near to Him with their mouth, but their hearts are far from Him(Is29:13).
The Lord desires judgment and righteousness. His Spirit even came for this reason. To convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged(John16).
They carry images in the tabernacle, making gods unto themselves. Where there are idols, the Lord causes bondage and captivity. He says He will cause them to go into captivity right after they were lifting up idols,gods, themselves(Amos5:26-27). All the while they were looking forward to the Day of the Lord, they were thinking they were worshiping God. But God knows man's hearts and will judge men.
Rehoboam led the people "to the Lord", but he made two calves of gold! He told the people, behold, this is the god that brought you out of Egypt! They worshiped these calves as if they were the ones that brought them out of bondage! No, the LORD GOD brought them out of bondage, but they worshiped not Him, but idols. If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt(1Ki12:27-28). Rehoboam led the people of Israel into wickedness, into idolatry, all the while, taking the name of the Lord upon himself. God hates this. He also left up the high places in which they sacrificed to their gods, that God told them to take away. He left them up. He didn't want to get rid of all the leaven, he held back. We cannot serve idols and God, though many think you can.
To be delivered from the wrath to come. To be able to desire the Day of the Lord, still in fear and trembling, yet steadfast on the Lord idols must be forsaken.
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.(1Th1:9-10)
Why do I always have such difficult things to say? Why don't I have something "inspiring"? Because the Lord hates false peace, the Lord hates confirming that is not of Him. The Lord desires truth. The Lord never sent prophets to preach peace, peace. There is false prophet after false prophet preaching peace, assuring people that everything is okay. The true prophets (people who proclaim the Word of the Lord) proclaimed truth, warnings, rebukes, repentance, examine yourself, turn to God!! In those days there was need for serious Word from the Lord, as He led, and in the last days perilous times will come. Perilous times are here. I won't "inspire" people into hell, but I will speak what the Lord tells me to speak, that His remnant might be gathered from ends of the earth, from the hills. I will speak what is written, by His grace.
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. Amos 5:18-27
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