Pray That We'll Be Ready Part 3 (The Captivity of Jacob Shall Return)

I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents," He has declared, "and have mercy on his dwelling places. Jeremiah 30:18.

“There is no universal rule of balance that says "something equally good must come to those who suffer enough." However, suffering can always be used to fuel a better life in the future ... if the person who suffers chooses to use it for personal development rather than remaining an eternal victim, no matter how real the oppression.

Other people can control your circumstances to some degree, but not what you think, who you are to yourself, or what you find valuable in this life. Not if you don't let them.” By Karen Renee

Before the church of the Living God is declared victorious over Satan and his evil angels, they will have to pass through the antitypical Day of Atonement, or judgment. This time zone is called, “The time of the end.” It is at the ending of this time that the church will enter into, “The end of Time.” This is the time Christ’s priestly ministry in the heavenly sanctuary for the sins of His people ends. Revelation 22:11-15

According to prophecy, about ten-years before this solemn event began, the antitypical Day of Atonement, or judgment. A message was heralded to the world in trumpet tones, announcing that “the hour of His judgment is come.” Those who carried that message were a sober and serious minded people. They knew how to pray and the nearer they came to the end of the prophetic 2300 year period, the more earnestly and fervently they prayed.

The message was a loud call to repentance and reformation in preparation for the judgment and the coming of the Lord. Just before probation closes, there must come another loud call to repentance. The message of Acts 3:19 will then apply: “Repent, therefore, and reform your lives, so that the record of your sins may be canceled, and that there may come seasons of revival from the Lord.”

This call to earnest prayer and repentance is now due. The time has come for a thorough reformation to take place in our lives and the church. This reformation will be accompanied by a revival of the spirit of prayer. “Watch unto prayer” was the message of Christ to His disciples. What does it mean to watch? It means to be constantly on guard against a vigilant foe who “walks about, seeking whom he may devour.” The Christian soldier must not fall asleep at his post. In the Garden of Gethsemane the disciples kept awake as long as they prayed. The call to watch and pray is a call to awaken and then to keep awake. Like the disciples in the garden, unless we “watch and pray,” we shall go to sleep, even in the hour of crisis.

No person can be vigilant and on the alert against the wiles of the devil without being a diligent student of the Scriptures. We are told that the shield of faith enables us to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one, and faith is dependence on the Word of God. A knowledge of the Scriptures, and especially of the prophecies, gives us the expectation of the coming of the Lord so that we are in a watchful attitude. The call is therefore a call to study and pray.

 One day, a man had a dream and awoken and told his family and friends, “I dreamed that the great judgment morning, had dawned and the trumpets had blown.
I dreamed that all nations had gathered, to judgment before the white thrown.
From the thrown came a bright shining angel, and stood on the land and the sea.
And swore with his hand raised toward heaven, that time was no longer to be.

Oh the rich man was there but his money had melted and vanished away.
A pauper he stood in the judgment, his debts were too heavy to pay. Now the great man was there but his greatness, when death came, was left far behind. The angels that opened all the records, not a trace of his greatness could find.

The widow was there with the orphans, God heard and remembered their cry.
No sorrow in heaven forever. Oh God wiped all their tears from their eyes. The gambler was there and the drunkard. And the men that had sold them the drink, with the people who gave them the license, all together in hell they did sink.

The moral man came to the judgment, but his self-righteous rags would not do.
The men, who had crucified Jesus, had passed off as moral men too. The soul that had put off salvation, "Not tonight, I'll get saved by and by. No time now to think of religion." At last they had found time to die.

And oh, what a weeping and wailing as the lost they were told of their faith.
They cried for the rocks and the mountains, oh they prayed but their prayers were too late. They prayed but their prayers were too late.”

Song of the Day: The Great Judgment Morning 

My brothers and sisters, it is by giving heed to the sure word of prophecy, which is God’s great timepiece, that we may “know the time” and be ready for the greatest event of all ages. The following statement by Jesus is applicable at the present time: “Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning. And you yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when He comes shall find watching.” Luke 12:35-37

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