Wrath And Persecution

Jeremiah 15: 19-21

This is how the Lord responds: "If you return to Me, I will restore you so you can continue to serve Me. If you speak good words rather than worthless ones, you will be My spokesman. You must influence them; do not let them influence you!

They will fight against you like an attacking army, but I will make you as secure as a fortified wall of bronze. They will not conquer you, for I am with you to protect and rescue you. I, the Lord, have spoken! Yes, I will certainly keep you safe from these wicked men. I will rescue you from their cruel hands."

If you have read the book of Revelation, then you are aware of the cataclysmic events God has planned for this Earth. He will judge this World for all the wicked and evil things that evil and wicked people have perpetrated upon it. And we who are God's people must be strong in the Lord to maintain our witness for Him. 

His wrath that we deserve has already been poured out on Jesus at Calvary, so we will see "a thousand fall at [our] side, ten thousand on [our] right hand" (Psalm 91:7), when God pours out His wrath on the rest of Mankind who have refused to acknowledge Him. But these evil people will not be restrained from attacking and persecuting us; many thousands of saints will be martyred, as has begun already in certain places in the World. (see Revelation 6:9 and 7:9.)

We are God's hands and feet in the World today, and our enemy is filled with fury because he knows that he has only a short time (Revelation 12:12), and he has already made great inroads into debasing the morality of the people of the world, and even in the Church; his "doctrines of demons" have been disseminated throughout the population in the schools, universities and church denominations. They are pervasive and accepted as "truth" in both the sciences and religions. They are many and varied, and very seductive in drawing us away from the love of God.

So we need God's strength, His discernment, His compassion, great depth of knowledge of His Word, and His protection to be His light in the midst of all this darkness around us.

I hope this body of writing is being used of God for your spiritual growth and strengthening. 

And all the credit, all the glory will redound to the God Who began it all and will finish it in completeness.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!