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If we’re on prophetic thin ice and shouldn’t be surprised if it breaks at any moment, then where is the weakest part of this ice? Where is the ice the thinnest? I believe we can know and that we’re possibly standing on it.
You’re likely lost if you missed the previous three Stand Firm & Live Epic articles. We looked at how there are two very tell-tale signs pointing to where we’re at on the prophetic timeline and now those two signs point to us being way down the tracks. I summarized ...
As we talk about standing firm and remaining faithful, especially in talking about the end of the age, the bottom line is that the Messiah is coming, and we need to watch and be ready. Jesus said nearly those exact words in the most famous prophecy conference ever — the Olivet Discourse. Matthew recorded Jesus’ words in chapters 24 and 25 of his gospel which begins with the disciples asking what were the signs of the end of the age.
For us today, the end of the age ...
Most (the majority) weren’t ready and believing when Jesus came in the first advent. They missed it.
There’s much we can learn from the reception of Jesus from those during that first century. They had the opportunity to have known the truth in Scripture and have it revealed to them through the Holy Spirit. It was all laid out in the law, the poetry and from the prophets. In Luke 2, we find that Anna and Simeon understood the Word. They recognized that the consolation ...
“Church life, as we know it, may implode” (from my book, Spiritual Prepper, released in 2017.) That might be one way to describe church life during the COVID-19 initial outbreak and lockdowns. It may even be a way to describe church life now in the aftermath and continuation of COVID.
In a 2014 blog post, I wrote that one of the realities we needed to be prepared to face was that “the American church as we know it will change.” Now, as you’ll see, I didn’t foresee it ...