Consider the parable of the fig tree.

Brethren,

Can we all agree, that all of prophecy,

has great value, and meaning?

                      Yes?

Well, with great meaning, and significance, Mathew 24:32-34 teaches us, saying:   

"Now learn   this parable from The Fig Tree:  When its branch has already become tender and puts forth branches, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know   that it is near - at the Doors!

Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.

                      [What things?]

Well, things like what happened in the Days of Noah, and Lot!"

Do you remember reading about the men, of

those generations? Do you remember "what spirit" was at work within them?🤔

                         Do you?

And are you aware of the spirit, that's behind, the LGBTQ agenda, and the people of the world today."     Are you?

And if so, "Would you agree that our generation, "is much like, Noah's, and, Lots? 🌎

And because it most certainly is, "Haven't the birth pangs mentioned in SCRIPTURE, increased to the point, where we can rightly sense a coming tribulation?

The vast majority of humanity, has been affected in one way or another, by the birth pangs, mentioned in SCRIPTURE.

Many people died during the COVID outbreak."  Many more, are dying from war, and natural disasters, even today!"   Yet, how many of those who have passed away, are Believers,

and have simply "fallen asleep?"

I think of them who are Believers, and have passed away."

For they are in a far better place today!" 🤔

To affirm what I'm saying, 'I refer you to 1st Thessalonians 4:13-17 that reads:

But I do not want you to be ignorant, Brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow   as others who have no HOPE.

For    if we Believe that JESUS died and rose again, even so   GOD will bring with HIM   those who sleep in JESUS.

For this we say to you   by The WORD of The LORD, that    we who are alive and remain until the coming of The LORD will by no means precede those who are asleep.  For    The LORD HIMSELF will descend from HEAVEN with a shout, with the voice of an Arch Angel, and with   the Trumpet of GOD.    And the dead in CHRIST will rise first.   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.

[Brethren,

Isn't it far better to be with The LORD,

than to continue running after the Soul's of men, pleading with them, be reconciled to GOD?

Well, hold that thought! And consider that

on May 14th 1948, the children of

Israel returned to inhabit the promised land,

after roughly 2000 years of being dispersed among the nations.

It's just as, GOD, prophesied, and declared it would happen."

Considering, that with GOD, "One day,"  is as

a thousand years.

And a thousand years, as one Day!"

Hosea 6:2 gives this time-line:

After two days,  HE will revive us;

On the third day,  HE will raise us up,

That we may live in HIS sight.

[Brethren,

Because the nation of Israel, rejected JESUS, as The CHRIST."

They have suffered terribly, even, immensely, as they were obligated to live among the people of the nations."

And after considering the horrors of the Holocaust, "Hasn't the Jewish Nation, been revived, and brought back into their Homeland?"

                       Absolutely!" 💯

Because the people of Israel spoke these words from Mathew 27:25.

Great suffering, and serious consequences, came upon the Jew:]

HIS  BLOOD  be on us, and our children."

[Yet, when they spoke these words, at no time, did they consider, that GOD'S WORDS concerning them;  had already been written

 in Ezekiel 22:13-16."

It reads:

 "Behold, therefore,  I beat MY Fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.

Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you?

I,  The LORD,  have spoken it, and will do it.

I will scatter you throughout the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and remove your filthiness from you.

You shall defile yourself among the nations;

then you shall know that I AM The LORD." ' "

['That was, GOD, speaking to rebellious, Israel!" 

Yes, GOD, speaking and proclaiming BIBLICAL prophecy!"]

GOD, spoke to the children of Israel, many years before they rejected HIS, Son, JESUS CHRIST - The WORD of The LIVING GOD." 

And now,  in hindsight, we can see the horrors of the Holocaust, with all its suffering, and understand!"   Yes, we can clearly understand, that it's a fearful thing," to reject The WORD of The LIVING GOD - JESUS CHRIST."

For JESUS CHRIST,  being "The WORD of The LIVING GOD," and CREATOR of the visible and invisible; "Scatters abroad, all who reject GOD'S TRUTH. 

And because the Jews rejected GOD'S TRUTH - JESUS CHRIST,  and refused to embrace HIM." Their eye's were veiled, and they could not see HIM, Who is, HIMSELF,   The TRUTH!"

Consider how 2nd Corrinthians 3:14 speaks of them who close their eyes to GOD'S TRUTH,  and consequently, are veiled to seeing CHRIST :

But   their minds were blinded.

For until this Day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of The Old Testament,  because the veil is taken away in CHRIST.

[The veil," Beloved, is taken away, "in CHRIST!"]

Yet, because they did not recognize JESUS -

"The WORD of The LIVING GOD," is, The CHRIST." 

They did not recieve HIM, nor would they have HIM reign over them." 

And so, tragically for them, John 19:15 tells us that they angrily spoke these words, saying:

"Away with HIM, away with HIM!   Crucify HIM!"

Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your KING?"

The chief priests answered,  "We have no KING but Caesar!"

[We have no KING,  but Caesar? 

"Can you imagine anyone, saying that?"]

Can you imagine anyone, choosing, "Ceasars,

over CHRIST?"

Choosing, murderers, like Barabas,

over CHRIST?

Can you imagine, choosing anything, or anyone, over CHRIST, The LORD,  Who Is, "The POWER of GOD, that gives LIFE, and raises the dead?"

                     [Can you?]

For that's, exactly, what HE has done with each of us, Beloved!" 

We were once dead," in our trespasses and sins."

"But GOD,  Who is rich in MERCY,  in HIS GREAT  LOVE,  with which HE LOVED us; made us alive together with CHRIST.

Ephesians 2:4-5 assures us of this, by saying:

But GOD,   Who is rich in MERCY,

because of HIS   GREAT LOVE  with which HE LOVED us,    even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with CHRIST

[Yes, GOD,  "Rich in MERCY," made us alive, Beloved Brethren,  together with CHRIST!"]

Now we can each say, these WORDS,

from Galatians 2:20

I have been    crucified with CHRIST;   It is no longer I who live, but CHRIST LIVES in me; and the LIFE which I now live in the flesh    I live by FAITH in The Son of GOD,    Who LOVED me  and gave HIMSELF for me.

[Brethren,

Because, JESUS CHRIST, our LORD, gave HIMSELF for us; HE now demands that we live to GLORIFY HIM!" 

That we be willing to Take up our Cross, and embrace HIM, as our BOSS."

For HE assures us in Mathew 10:38 by saying:]

And he who does not take his cross and follow after ME   is not worthy of ME.

[Yes, Beloved, HE demands that we live for HIM," anticipating the Day, that HE calls us up into the clouds.

Keeping in mind, Luke 21:29-32

where HE speaks to us, saying: 

Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. When they are already budding, you see and know for yourselves that summer is now near. So you also, when you see these things happening, know that The KINGDOM of GOD is near.

Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all things take place."

 ["How long, then,  is,

a generation?" 

For Israel came back into The HOLY Land,

in 1948.

And The LORD assures us, that that generation, will not pass away, "tilll all things are fulfilled."

So, Who can say in TRUTH,

just how long, a generation really is?" 

Isn't it, GOD?"

                      Absolutely!" 💯

Well, through Psalm 90:10, GOD expounds, and speaks on a generation of man, and the length of our days."

In verse 10, HE, assures us that:]

The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years,  Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off and we fly away."

 [Yes, it is soon "cut-off,"  and then,

1st Corrinthians 15:49-52 comes into play, as we remember this WORD one day:

And   as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also wear the image of The Heavenly Man.

Now this I say, Brethren, that    flesh and blood cannot inherit The KINGDOM of GOD;  nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery:   We shall not all sleep,    but we shall all be changed -    in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,  at the last Trumpet.  

For the Trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

[We shall be changed, Beloved Brethren!" 

For now, consider that a generation of man,"

is 70 to 80 years."

And that, soon, we will be out of here!"

For now, consider that in the history of the world, in the days allotted to man, and GOD'S calendar of events."  With each passing hour, the words of James 5:8 are becoming increasingly more relevant.

They read:] 

You also be patient.

Establish your hearts, for

“The Coming of The LORD is at hand.

[Meanwhile, through Romans 11:25 HE gives us this WORD, saying:]

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 fulness of the Gentiles has come in.

[Until the fullness, of

"the Gentiles," has come in?

Israel, has been partially blinded?]

Yes, until The BODY of CHRIST, is complete, "and come to FAITH in CHRIST.

Then, the Rapture of The Church, will take place, and  The LORD will return to look at the Jews,

"Face to FACE."

HE will look on them, as a Man, looks on HIS friend."

[For Romans 11:26 assure us, saying:

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.

[Yes, HE will turn ungodliness from Israel - Jacob, when he looks on HIM, asking this question from Zechariah 13:6 :]

And one will say to HIM,  "What are these wounds between YOUR Arms?'  Then HE will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of MY friends.'

["You see, "it's the GOODNESS of GOD, that leads us to repentance!"

And now, that we have come to FAITH, that brought about repentance,"

Revalation 22:7 affirmatively, says:

Behold, I AM Coming Quickly!"

Blessed is he who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

["How much better to hear, "Well Done," and be given a good name?" 🤔

JESUS

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