Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Bring It On!

How should the Children of Truth respond to the coming of the Tribulation?

In the near future, there will be a series of unprecedented wars, natural disasters, famines, devastating outbreaks of diseases and other catastrophes that will kill perhaps eleven out of twelve people on planet Earth. This unprecedented global devastation will occur over the course of just a few years.  These darkest days in the history of the human race are called, "The Tribulation".  The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) said, the Tribulation will be so bad, that if those days were allowed to continue without being brought to a sudden end, then nothing on Earth would survive (Matthew 24:21-22).

When the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast) arises to power at the beginning of the Tribulation, it will cause World War III, which will bring about destruction and starvation resulting in the death of one fourth of the human race (Revelation 6:1-8).

Then there will be a tremendous earthquake that will shake every mountain and island while the Earth will be struck with many large meteorites (Revelation 6:12-14).  Then burning meteorites are going to cause one third of all trees and all of the grass on Earth to be burned up (Revelation 8:7).  Then a large burning meteor, or perhaps even an asteroid, is going to strike the ocean, killing one third of all sea life and destroying one third of all ships (Revelation 8:8-9).  Then another burning meteor or asteroid will strike the aquifer for one third of the rivers and will make their water deadly to everyone who drinks it, possibly from radiation (Revelation 8:10-11).  Needless to say, many people will die from all of these disasters, perhaps another fourth of the human race.

Then another third of the human race will be killed by supernatural horsemen (Revelation 9:14-19).

Not only will many of the Children of Lies die from these disasters, but many Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) will die for following the Man of Truth (Revelation 6:9-11).  These will overcome the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil) because they will not love their own lives enough to avoid death by submitting to the Man of Lies (Revelation 12:10-11).  The Father of Lies will continue to make war against the Children of Truth throughout the Tribulation (Revelation 12:17).  The Man of Lies will overpower many of the Children of Truth (Revelation 13:4-7).  The Prophet of Lies (The False Prophet) will cause many of them to die for not worshiping the image of the Man of Lies (Revelation 13:11-15).  Even after that, many more of the Children of Truth will die (Revelation 14:12-13).  They will be beheaded for preaching the Good News about the Man of Truth, and refusing to worship the Man of Lies (Revelation 20:4).

John the Jew (Yochanon ben Zebedee aka The Apostle John) was shown by the Man of Truth, all of this death and destruction that will come upon the Earth during the Tribulation (Revelation 1:1-2).  So how did John the Jew respond to the coming of the Tribulation?  He, in effect, said "Bring it on!" (Revelation 22:20).

Why did John the Jew respond to the coming of the Tribulation this way?  Why did he, in effect, say, "Bring it on!"?

John the Jew said, "Bring it on!" because he was looking at the end result of the process instead of being fixated on the process itself.

John the Jew knew that the purpose of the Tribulation was to cause the Jewish people to be obedient to the voice of the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD), so He could bring upon them all that He had promised their fathers (Deuteronomy 4:29-31).  He knew that the Jewish people have to accept the Man of Truth, as the Messiah who the Father of Truth said they must obey, before the Man of Truth could return to fulfill those promises (Matthew 23:39).  He knew that the Tribulation would cause the Jewish people, who survived, to accept the Man of Truth as their messiah, so that He could return to reign Israel and the world (Revelation 19:11-16).  He knew that only after the Man of Truth returned to reign over Israel, and the whole world, could those promises be fulfilled during his thousand year reign (Revelation 20:4-6).  John the Jew understood that the Tribulation was necessary, to bring about the reign of the Man of Truth, to fulfill the promises concerning Israel.  So he said, "Bring it on!".

John the Jew knew that the Tribulation would bring about glorious rest for the Gentiles, during the reign of the Man of Truth (Isaiah 11:9-10).  He knew that the Man of Truth would teach the Gentiles how to live justly during his reign (Isaiah 42:1-3).  He knew that the Man of Truth would return to be the savior of the Gentiles, and to show them how to live in a manner pleasing to his Father (Isaiah 49:4-6).  He knew that the Tribulation will turn the Gentiles completely away from idolatry, forever, so that they seek after the Father of Truth instead (Jeremiah 16:18-21).  He knew that the return of the Man of Truth, would cause the Gentiles to worship the Father of Truth, throughout the Earth (Malachi 1:11).  He knew that the Jewish people accepting the Man of Truth as their king, was life from the dead for the Gentiles (Romans 11:13-15).  John the Jew understood that the Tribulation was necessary to bring about the reign of the Man of Truth, to fulfill the promises concerning the Gentiles.  So he said, "Bring it on!".

John the Jew knew that the reign of the Man of Truth, would cause the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law), to become the law of the entire world, to bring an end to war forever (Isaiah 2:2-4).  He knew that the Man of Truth would show, both Jews and Gentiles, how to keep the Law of Truth in the manner that his Father had always intended, during his reign (Isaiah 42:4-6).  He knew that the Man of Truth will magnify the Law of Truth, and cause all to honor it, during his reign (Isaiah 42:21).  He knew that when all of the Jewish people, who survive the Tribulation, accept the Man of Truth as their king, then they will come into the House of Truth, where the Law of Truth will be written on their hearts (Jeremiah 31:31-33).  He knew that when all of the Jewish people, who survive the Tribulation, accept the Man of Truth as their king, then the Father of Truth will put the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) in all of them, so that they can keep the Law of Truth, and possess Promised Land forever (Ezekiel 36:26-28).  John the Jew understood that the Tribulation was necessary, to bring about the reign of the Man of Truth, so that the whole world would be under the Law of Truth.  So he said, "Bring it on!".

John the Jew knew that the Jews, who would not obey the Man of Truth, would have to answer to the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 18:17-19).  He knew that the song, which the Father of Truth had Moses teach the people of Israel, ended with a promise, that He would bring terrible destruction upon all of the wicked (Deuteronomy 32:41-43).  He knew that the Tribulation, was the time of Jacob's (Israel's) trouble, that would bring about the salvation of the Jewish people (Jeremiah 30:5-7).  He knew that the Father of Truth, would use the Tribulation, to destroy the two out of three people in Israel, who would not submit to the Man of Truth, under any circumstances (Zechariah 13:8-9).  He knew that the meek could only inherit the Earth, and enjoy righteousness to the full, by the wicked being destroyed off the face of the Earth, in the Tribulation (Matthew 5:5-8).  He knew that every Jew, who would not submit to the Man of Truth, would be destroyed off the face of the Earth, in the Tribulation (Acts 3:22-23). He knew that the Man of Truth would avenge the Children of Truth, in the Tribulation (2 Thessalonians 1:6-8).  He knew that those who would destroy the Earth, would be destroyed in the Tribulation (Revelation 11:18).  He knew that the Tribulation, was the fulfillment of the terrible destruction spoken about, in the song of Moses (Revelation 15:1-3).  He knew that the Tribulation, would expose those who will not repent of their wickedness, under any circumstances (Revelation 16:8-11).  He knew that the Man of Truth, would finish destroying the wicked off of the face of the Earth, at the end of the Tribulation (Revelation 19:17-21).  John the Jew understood that the Tribulation was necessary, to destroy the wicked off of the face of the Earth, so that the meek could live under the righteous rule of the Man of Truth.  So he said, "Bring it on!".

John the Jew knew that those among the Children of Truth, who are worthy, will be taken off of the Earth, to be with the Man of Truth, and escape the Tribulation (Luke 21:34-36).  He knew that every Jew, who survives the Tribulation, will come into the House of Truth and be saved, as the Father of Truth had promised, to Abraham (Abram), Isaac (Yitzhak) and Jacob (Ya'acob aka Israel) (Romans 11:26-29).  He knew that the Tribulation, would cause many to leave the House of Truth, who had not been worthy to escape the Tribulation (2 Thessalonians 2:2-4).  He knew that the Tribulation, will cause the lukewarm, among those who called themselves the Children of Truth, to be forced to decide whose side they are on, and some will come back into the House of Truth (Revelation 3:15-19).  He knew that a hundred and forty four thousand Jews, will come into the House of Truth, during the Tribulation, to testify about the Good News (Revelation 7:3-8).  He knew that a great multitude, of Gentiles and Jews, will come into the House of Truth, during the Tribulation (Revelation 7:9-14).  He knew that two witnesses, will come down from Heaven, to give testimony of the Good News (Revelation 11:3-7).  He knew that these two witnesses, would then literally re-enact the death, resurrection, and ascension into Heaven of the Man of Truth, for all the world to see (Revelation 11:7-12).  He knew that this literal re-enactment, would cause many Jews, in the city of Jerusalem, to come into the House of Truth (Revelation 11:13).  He knew that an Angel of Truth, would preach the Good News, to Jews and Gentiles across the Earth, while two other Angels of Truth will warn them, to not give into the Man of Lies (Revelation 14:6-11).  He knew that this, would cause many more people, to come into the House of Truth (Revelation 14:12-13).  John the Jew understood that the Tribulation was necessary, to bring the greatest number of people in history, into the House of Truth.  So he said, "Bring it on!".

John the Jew knew that the Tribulation is the sixth act, the Fast, in the Greatest Play Ever.  He knew that the Great War will bring about the End of All Trouble.  He knew that the Father of Truth, will not accept collateral damage among His Children in the Tribulation, yet still the world has to be brought into total surrender to the Man of Truth, for it to enjoy the restoration of the Earth to a paradise, in the aftermath of his reign.  Everyone who has heeded the warning of "People get ready", that the Spirit of Truth is giving, in response to the signs of the times, should respond to the coming of the Tribulation, by saying, "Bring it on!".

The Tribulation is terrifying to everyone in the House of Lies, but everything looks different when you come into the House of Truth.  There is still time to escape the Tribulation, by coming into the House of Truth, today, instead of waiting for Hell on Earth, to force you into a decision.  Today, you can come into the House of Truth, by submitting to the Man of Truth in total surrender, because you believe the Good News, that His Father raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).  The Father of Truth has been holding off the Tribulation, until it is necessary, because He is not willing that anyone should perish in it (2 Peter 3:3-9).  If you have been lukewarm, then you can repent right now, and still escape the Tribulation, by coming back into the House of Truth, because the Man of Truth will forgive you, when you admit the error of your ways (1 John 1:9).  The Spirit of Truth is urging you, to come into the House of Truth, so you can say about the coming of the Tribulation, "Bring it on!" (Revelation 22:17).


Come into the House of Truth!

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