Dear friends
I encourage you today to stand
Stand steadfast
Stand strong
Stand strong in the Lord
We face much adversity in this age and peril surrounds us all around
Many are actually saying we must be in the tribulation because of the intensity of the sufferings we are going through and persecution seems to be rife. I tell you though my friends I have studied time and time again about the topic of eschatology and the end times and can tell you the truth, that before the tribulation begins the Third Temple will have had to be built and the Anti Christ would have been revealed. Many are saying he is hidden but according to biblical accounts he will openly show himself as the Antichrist to be worshipped. Then there is so much argument about pre trib, post trib and mid trib. I have studied again and and again in recent times even using the original words of the bible and have once again come to the conclusion of the PRE tribulation rapture.
The important thing my friends about all this at any one time, we must be ready for the second coming of Christ
We must be prepared with repentance, abiding in God's presence and clothed in his full armour. We will be prepared whether it is PRE, MID or POST. We will not waver.
When we are prepared we will stand.
Standing indicates one is prepared
Standing indicates one is ready
Standing is the position of being battle-ready in Christ
Standing is a position of faith, trust and confidence in God
Standing is also a position of victory
We are not broken and in desparity as the world may seem to be.
We stand in victory
We stand in God
We will stand and see the salvation of God no matter what we face
Ephesians 6 Amplified
10 In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might. 11 Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places. 13 Therefore, put on the complete armor of God, so that you will be able to [successfully] resist and stand your ground in the evil day [of danger], and having done everything [that the crisis demands], to stand firm [in your place, fully prepared, immovable, victorious]. 14 So stand firm and hold your ground, having [b]tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart), 15 and having [c]strapped on your feet the gospel of peace in preparation [to face the enemy with firm-footed stability and the readiness produced by the good news]. 16 Above all, lift up the [protective] [d]shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
18 With all prayer and petition pray [with specific requests] at all times [on every occasion and in every season] in the Spirit, and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition [interceding in prayer] for all [e]God’s people.
Amen
Stand my friends stand, you shall certainly see the salvation of the Lord
Amen
Walk good in Christ
Till we meet again
Pastor J
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