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October 20, 2023
I Will Gather My People
For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? (1 Peter 4:17 NIV)
Beloved one arise! Get up! Stand at the edge of the abyss, and look! Write what you see! For death and destruction, darkness and thick mists, and the cries of those who perish will rise, but there is none to hear. There is none to answer. As it is written, ‘Now is the day of salvation, (2 Corinthians 6:2) and again: ‘Seek the Lord while He may be found, (Isaiah 55:6) for the night comes. Then My wrath will be poured out upon the ungodly, and there will be no hand stretched forth to save.
I have called you in mercy, and in patience I have stretched out My hands to a careless and rebellious people. I have spoken from heaven, and My prophets and their hearts have been as molten stone. They have lifted their voices in defiance against Me, but there will be none to deliver. There is no salvation in their hands, but they will go down together. They shall perish together in their folly. Behold, the day of mercy is at the end, and the Day of Judgement has come.
Lift your eyes to the clouds, My beloved, for the heavens are filled with glory. Yes, He comes with ten thousand of His saints. Lift your hearts, for you will not be afraid of those things that are coming to pass upon the earth. For I shall gather My children to Myself, and in the hour of destruction, I will stretch forth My hand to deliver them. In the hour of wrath, I will snatch away My own – My Beloved – and the flames will not touch them.
Surely My love is deep and abiding, constant and tender. (John 15:9) I have not changed. (Malachi 3:6) Though nations rise against nations, and though war breaks out into a universal holocaust, although humanity in its folly dashes itself to bits against the wall of the inevitable, I still will not change. (Matthew 24:7-13)
My heart is still tender. My thoughts toward you are still thoughts of loving-kindness. (Ephesians 2:7, Titus 3:4-6) I look upon you with a deeper love than ever before. As the bridegroom anticipating the approaching wedding makes last-minute preparations and longs for the hour of fulfillment, so does My heart yearn for you, My Bride, my Beloved. (Psalms 84:2)
Though you see terror on every hand, only with your eyes will you look and see the reward of wickedness. I shall preserve you and keep you, and you will walk with Me in white. (Proverbs 2:11, Psalms 121:7-8)
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