A Flood is Coming
Beloved, many Believer's in this day have a great hope for a soon outpouring of God's Spirit. The question is though; are we really ready for that? What I mean by this is that this "outpouring" is to come "just as in the days of Noah," and this means as A FLOOD designed to "wipe out all flesh." Not a flood of water this time. No, this time as a flood of FIRE - as a flood of SPIRIT.
Hmmm..?
This makes me think that without a genuine ARK OF FAITH built (which comes only with a genuine cross-walk) that it might be fairly easy to be swept away in God's judgments when "the hour comes to test all those who dwell upon the earth." (Rev. 3:10).
I guess that what I'm trying to get at here is that if we have not already completely submitted ourselves to God to rid us of all flesh and carnality now, then we had best do so, for if our flesh and carnal nature is not dealt with by God in the manner that He chooses for us NOW, then it will be dealt with in another (probably much more painful) way, in the fiery flood that is soon coming to test and try the whole world!
It is true, dear friends, that the Lord is coming to exercise vengeance upon His enemies in these last of days. These "enemies" ARE NOT PEOPLE though. No, let's get that straight. The Lord's enemies are also yours and my enemies, and the biggest one of these dwells right within our own hearts and minds. Yes (and I know that this may come as a shocker to some), Jesus' greatest enemy of all is our BEASTLY CARNAL NATURE, and He is coming to destroy that thing, first by the "spirit of judgment and of burning" in an elect remnant, and then in a much broader way, with a deluge of FIRE which IS the outpouring of His Spirit that many people are waiting for and praying for!
Hmmm...?
"But who can endure the day of such a coming? And who will be able to stand when He appears in such a way?" (Malachi 3:2).
God's Firstfruits will, that's who, because they will have been fully prepared for this.
Beloved ones, Jesus said; "As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it also be in the days of the son of man."
Now, I know that there are numerous (and good) applications for this verse. I'm only sharing one with you here, one that is saying that there is A FLOOD of fiery judgments soon coming to the world, and if we are going to rise above this fiery deluge then we must NOW build an ARK OF FAITH AND DELIVERANCE!
I've been working on this "Ark" quite fervently lately, and as you know, I have been encouraging others to do so too. Some people probably think me to be a bit crazy because of what I've been sharing. To that I'll just say here that "THEY" thought Noah to be a bit nuts too...
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