What Do I Write?

In my heart, I know that I should write something. But what do I write? For the last hour, the impulse to write an article has drifted through my heart like a contented goose floating on the water down a slow running stream. But what, do I write? I hear classical Russian music in the background; Sergei Prokofiev’s, Violin Concerto N1 in D Major, Op19 by Joshua Bell, on the CBC music playlist—the performance is superb. But! What, do I write? It has been five days since Christmas Day, 2019…Two more days before the beginning of the year 2020…I never ever thought the Church would still be on the earth in the year 2020, I guess my heart expects the Glorious Day of the Lord a little too eagerly…No, my expectation cannot wither. I thank God that he helps me to comprehend the Scriptures and that he has allowed me to understand end-time prophesy.

Lord, quiet this urging in my heart, and help me to write.

This year has gone by very quickly, and if I am allowed to be candid, I must confess that I have not enjoyed it. I wish that I could enjoy life like many that I know, but I cannot because I see and have knowledge of too much. The world has gone mad, it went from being utterly awful just even a few years ago to being completely insane today. I think I may feel just a little like the way Lot must have wrestled, Abraham’s nephew, who lived in a world oppressed with evil, a world unrestrained in that it gratified its lust with passion. His soul was tormented by what he witnessed, by what he saw and heard day after day. The Scriptures record that he was frustrated by the wickedness of the world he lived in, and I believe that I am not overstating it when I say that today’s brainsick world is far worse than that of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Are you awake to notice that Scripture is right when it predicts that in this day and age the world will only get worse instead of better, that evil will increase and we cannot stop it? Sadly, far too many are deep in slumber, they are like aging cats that sleep all the time, they are spiritually drowsy because they lack the right spiritual nourishment. Oh, some pastors tell us that there is nothing to worry about, they preach that if we only follow their pastoral lead and pray hard enough that Heaven will descend to earth, that we can convert the whole earth to Christ. Some believe that we are responsible for clearing a pathway for Jesus to come back to the earth—only an angel of light would say something like this.  

If you have not read Genesis lately, especially chapter thirteen, you may have forgotten that Lot had chosen what part of the land he would inhabit when he and Abraham decided to split up and go their separate ways. They made this decision because their herdsmen were continually falling out over the land and its inability to support both Abraham's herds and Lot's herds. Abraham gave his nephew the choice of what part of the world he preferred and then gave him the opportunity to pursue it and make a life for himself there. Lot chose the land to the east, the plain of Jordan, while Abraham lived in the land of Canaan. Lot preferred to raise his family and build his wealth among the cities of the plain of Jordan near Sodom, a twin-city with Gomorrah. Lot, would have known that the men of Sodom were exceedingly evil but he decided to pitch his tents there anyways.

Lot was a righteous man according to the Scriptures, so he could be considered an archetype of the Church, people that are born-again by the Spirit of God being made righteous by Christ’s atoning sacrifice. Lot was not born-again by the Spirit of God but nonetheless in God’s opinion he was a righteous man like his uncle Abraham, but to be clear Lot is not the Church, just an early prototype.

It is obvious that Lot, the righteous man of God, made a bad choice to settle in the vicinity of the Jordan Valley which is in the area of the Dead Sea and the Jordan River, and as said, near Sodom the twin-city with Gomorrah. His bad decision was to move into an area where he knew the wickedness of men was evident, they offended the Lord exceedingly; the men of Sodom were vehement sinners. Lot could have chosen to go to another community but because of what he found bewitching persuaded him, the plain of Jordan was enchanting as it was well irrigated similar to the garden of the Lord, the Jordan Valley reminded him of the land of Egypt the place from where he had just come up from with Abraham and without doubt he found quite appealing before Pharaoh had sent them on their way—but just because something or a place is attractive does not mean it is necessarily good for you.

When you read further along in Genesis,[1] you will see that Lot not only settled near Sodom but eventually moved into the twin-city likely because of the commerce there, possibly the opportunity to become wealthy in Sodom was too tempting for the righteous man of God. Later, Lot was carried off by the four kings that seized all the wealth of Sodom and Gomorrah in chapter fourteen, and had to be rescued by his uncle, Abraham, who then returned not only Lot’s possessions but also the goods of Sodom to the king of Sodom. Instead of Lot taking the opportunity to flee the wicked city at that time he decides to continue to make Sodom his home, he chose to resume a life for he and his family among the men of Sodom and Gomorrah who were sinning against the Lord greatly.

We know from Scripture the grievous sin of Sodom and Gomorrah from a reading of chapter nineteen, and the outcry of this sin had reached the ears of the Lord.[2] It is likely that the Lord had heard the prayers of Lot concerning the wickedness of his community, even though he made his residence there he could not stand the wickedness of the men of the city and called out to the Lord to do something. I assume that it was the prayers of Lot that the Lord heard, this is only conjecture on my part. My theory is based upon the two angels that Lot met as he was sitting in the gateway of Sodom, because, as it was, it was Lot that the Lord sent the two angels to in order to get him out of the city before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. God decided to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, but before he would he rescued Lot and anyone that Lot could convince to flee with him would also have the opportunity to escape judgment. I presume Lots delivery out of Sodom was a type of the rapture of the Church, and then the destruction of the twin-cities was a type of the destruction that will take place during the seven-year Tribulation Period, for as, fire and brimstone rained down on Sodom and its wicked men after Lot got out so fire and brimstone will be used as a torment to those that worship the one-world leader and his image and receives his mark, which could very well be special technology allowing them to formally become one with the beast.[3] This particular technology could possibly be similar to the creation of the Nephilim by the fallen angels.

Do you see the similarities between the archetype of the Church, Lot? Do you see how even though the Scriptures refer to him as a righteous man he still was enticed by the wealth and prosperity of Sodom even though he had knowledge of their exceeding evil? Today the Church is the righteousness of God, we have been made holy by God’s grace and the blood of Christ and yet the Church desires to live in modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah rather than have the way of escape manifest. What do I mean by this?

To be fair, the Church did not move into modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah like her archetype Lot did, but rather the wickedness of today’s world has come upon us because of Lucifer and his fallen angels. But, for some reason, most of the Church would rather stay here in modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah rather than be delivered by the power of the rapture. Modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah will not be conquered by the Church but rather will increase in its level of evil right up until the last day of the seven-year Tribulation Period. There will be no Heaven on earth as many pastors are preaching today until Jesus comes back to set up the millennial kingdom, and even then it is not really Heaven on earth at that point, because the Scriptures reveal that even under his earthly leadership many people will still rebel against him.

The rapture of the church is God’s deliverance of his righteous ones out of modern-day Sodom before he begins to deliver judgment upon the rebellious angels and their rebellious followers. The rapture of the Church, the Body of Christ’s way of escape, is not even preached in most churches today, the topic is a taboo subject. Even if the rapture is mentioned in conversation among some of the brethren the purveyors of this event are usually excluded from any further Christian fellowship. Many don’t want to hear teachings on the rapture because their love of the world is too strong for them; the temptation to remain on the earth to enjoy earthly things is too great.

Jesus prophesied that as in the days of Lot he would be revealed,[4] his being revealed means he will reveal himself to the Church as he is in his present form, his revealing will manifest as the day and hour of the rapture occurs. Jesus has been in his glorified body ever since he ascended back up into the eternal realm as the disciples looked on, and when he next appears we will witness him glorified and by God’s power we will also be glorified at that point in time, we will transition from earthly bodies into spiritual bodies just like our Lord.[5] What we are witnessing in the world right now is the same thing that Lot witnessed in Sodom and Gomorrah, the world is exceedingly evil, the wickedness of men offends the Lord exceedingly today just like the men of Sodom and Gomorrah offended the Lord back then. The Lord has appointed a day and hour for the rapture to happen and he has moved upon the hearts of some in the Church to cry out to him about this modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah that is occurring. As it was in the days of Lot the judgment is ready to come, the global government and its one-world leader along with the global religion is a judgment upon the wickedness of men, but as the Lord delivered Lot first, the righteous man of God, so he will deliver his righteous ones from off the earth before the global government takes possession of the West and then God will begin to judge the world after that.

Picture: Sergei Prokofiev 

http://classicalfm.ca/station-blog/2019/04/15/composer-week-sergei-prokofiev/

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[1] Genesis 14:12

[2] Genesis 18:20-21

[3] Revelation 14:9-11

[4] Luke 17:28-30

[5] 1 Corinthians 15:50-53; 1 John 3:2