And when He had opened the second seal,
I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
And there went out another horse that was red:
and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth,
and that they should kill one another:
and there was given unto him a great sword. Revelation 6:3-4
Men’s hearts are failing them now
There is increasing violence on the streets
Men’s hearts failing them for fear,
and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:
for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Luke 21:26
We are not to wish for the Day of the Lord, but we know it’s on its way
We can feel it and recognize the signs of the times
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes,
in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Matthew 24:7-8
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth:
I came not to send peace, but a sword. Matthew 10:34
We will see separation from those who are not walking with the Lord
and also those with whom we are not equally yoked
Keep running that race for the joy that is set before you
We will face tough times and much persecution and suffering
but the Lord will be our stay
He will be our rear guard and whatever He asks of us,
He will be with us, helping us through it
Don’t waste a minute
He is asking us to follow Him no matter what the cost
and the cost for some of us may be our lives
Scriptural References:
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight,
and the sin which doth so easily beset us,
and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Hebrews 12:1
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?
and what communion hath light with darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:14
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
Psalm 18:18
For you shall not go out with haste, Nor go by flight;
For the Lord will go before you,
And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
Isaiah 52:12
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way,
a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests;
but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head.
And He said unto another, Follow Me.
But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead:
but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee;
but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough,
and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Luke 9:57-62