Throw them away. They were useful in the past.....but not today....when God is slowly but surely removing veils on His prophetic word in scripture. And to pastors....throw away your future plans to preach on this or that book of the Bible for six months or a year. It may have been a great plan in times past....but God needs your full attention right now to listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit on what to preach! Forget the plans for building an addition....or moving to a different church building. This is not the time for that. The following post is from October 13, 2021:
Flee From The Wrath To Come
So where were the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah? Were they just north of the Dead Sea.....or in the southern part? Did the potash explode....or was it a cosmic fireball? Or were there two cataclysmic events over a period of time?
The news story reported today on Drudge is just the latest academic paper to come out....and they are all interesting as this search for Sodom continues. The research in this instance indicates that a fireball must have been similar to the Tunguska event in Russia on June 30 of 1908.
Well we know this for sure....the description of the event that is in Genesis is exactly correct. It doesn't include detailed metallurgical and mineralogical findings....but it totally gives God's message.....FLEE...which is the same message for today.....FLEE....flee the yoke of politics that replaces obedience to God....flee these talking heads on radio and television....flee the churches that forgot what the gospel is.
The problem is that we kind of like it here....as long as we don't live in the city with the Democrats....but Lot's wife was not in the city itself when she was turned into a pillar of salt. To put this into more palatable language....than fleeing....we have to 'come out from' in terms of not being a part of. We know that we cannot leave the world.....and we know that we have to be salt in the world....but if we are not at least peculiar....then the salt is worthless.
Right now people like Tucker Carlson and Mark Levin....not to mention the worst taskmaster of all Trump....they have us in bondage...keeping us from fleeing...and keeping us from Christ. Our entertainments have us in bondage....our sports....our kids sports....our diets....our money....they all tug at us....telling us to join their party....or even their ministry.
We need to be reading the Old Testament prophets on a regular basis right now....and the Olivet Discourse as relayed to us in Matthew and Mark and Luke....and Paul's many words on what to look for and what will happen....as well as Peter's and John's and Jude's and James....and the warnings....so clear and so emphatic....of Jesus....but we would be fortunate to hear one sermon a year that gives us anything close to this warning....for that in itself would indicate that we are indeed beginning to...."come out of her..."
Addendum: I wanted to add this short sentence to this older post. Books like Daniel and Revelation should never be far from our fingertips. We need to review as it were....constantly....our need for the the shed blood of Christ....and the sure hope of salvation for those who truly believe....and we need to be in the Psalms regularly....praising God in the words and thoughts of the writers. Nor can we get in the habit of reading just to check off a daily reading requirement.
