From Gary... blood moons... revisited

If you have been reading my postings for any length of time, you will have observed that I RARELY USE THE SAME PICTURE TWICE!!!  However, while I was reviewing facebook this morning, I noticed that brother Ed Healy had posted this (from the blaze).  And yes, I have used a very similar picture to this one in a previous post!!!  I guess what caught my interest most was the prediction of four blood moons falling on four Jewish festivals.  Coincidence? Well, maybe yes and maybe no. If no, then this is "much ado about nothing", isn't it? But, if yes- then God will do something extraordinary soon.  Either way, God still rules, life goes on and today is a new day!!!!  The thing is... people will always look for something sensational, something to liven up their humdrum lives. And other wish to take advantage of this!!!!  Consider what the apostle Peter has to say...

2 Peter, Chapter 3

  1 This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;  2 that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:  3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts,  4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”  5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;  6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.  7 But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.  8 But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.  9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.  10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.  11 Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,  12 looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?  13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. 

  14  Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.  15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;  16 as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.  17 You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.  18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

My advice about such things is that FIRST AND FOREMOST, we should ask ourselves- Am I right with God? If not, what am I going to do about it. People will say all sorts of things about God, the Bible and the future. The thing is... Let the Scriptures determine the path you should follow; NOT WHAT SOMEONE TELLS YOU!!!  The end of the world, judgment, signs in the heavens are really unimportant if you have obeyed the Gospel and have been given God's pledge of the Holy Spirit.  Consider, once again, Peter's sermon in Acts, chapter 2.  He makes mention of Joel, chapter 2 to show that we are in the last days so that those hearing his words would realize that it is time to make a choice. That is still true!!!!  SO, bring on the BLOOD MOONS, ALL OF THEM!!! God will do wonders with us as individuals and for that matter the whole world.

Remember this...

Romans, Chapter 8

 28  We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.  30 Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified. 

  31  What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?  32 He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?  33 Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.  34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 

  35  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  36 Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”  37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.  38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,  39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Your day, your choice, your destiny- choose wisely!!!