Meditate:
Genesis 2:1-3 - Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
They’re not random pieces if you know the puzzle! They’re not isolated signs if you know the journey ahead!
Everything that takes place in our world does not take place by chance or by accident. In a play, every word is scripted, every entrance and exit is choreographed. Much more so with this great drama called “The Great Controversy”
We are about to enter "the last act in the drama.
The Apostle Paul tells us:
Read:
1 Corinthians 4:9 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world (kosmos), and to angels (angelos), and to men (anthropos).
Shakespeare put it another way:
And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances;
God has revealed to those who will look the playbook. He has give us what, to look for, when to look for it and what we should do when we see it. He has not given to us “THE SPECIFIC DATE” of when these things will be but we can know, we must know when it is near!
Meditate:
Matthew 24:32-42 - Just like we do not know the ‘exact date’ and time when summer begins, we do not know the ‘exact date and time’ of the Second coming of Christ, however, in both instances, we can know when it is near. How? Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
So here is another piece of the puzzle, here is another sign on the journey…
“Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday announced stricter measures to fight COVID-19, including a lockdown on Sundays and the closure of all marinas as the U.S. territory grapples with an increase in cases and deaths.”
“Gov. Wanda Vázquez also tightened a curfew, with businesses now ordered to close by 8:30 p.m. and no one allowed on streets from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. except for essential workers and those delivering food until 11 p.m.”
“Only gas stations, pharmacies, grocery stores and hardware stores will be allowed to open on Sundays, though restaurants can offer delivery or carry-out. In addition, alcohol sales will be banned from 5 am. on Saturdays to 5 a.m. on Mondays.”
“We have to pause to save the lives of our old people mainly,” Vázquez said after she read the names and ages of the latest COVID-19 deaths reported Thursday.”
[But why the more stringent restrictions?]
“The newest restrictions come as Puerto Rico still struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria and a string of strong earthquakes that hit nearly a year ago. The U.S. territory is trying to emerge from a years-long recession and to restructure a portion of its more than $70 billion public debt.”
Hmm…or put another way…tighter restrictions to deal with the effects of “climate change” and an “economic depression.” That sounds very familiar:
It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the Sunday sabbath; that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced; and that those who present the claims of the fourth commandment, thus destroying reverence for Sunday, are troublers of the people, preventing their restoration to divine favor and temporal prosperity. GC 590.1
But God is faithful! He would not have us unprepared nor caught by surprise.
Read:
John 14:29 “…I have told you before it comes to pass…”
2 Peter 1:19 “…a more sure word of prophecy wherein ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light…”
Read:
It is not enough to have good intentions; it is not enough to do what a man thinks is right or what the minister tells him is right. His soul's salvation is at stake, and he should search the Scriptures for himself. However strong may be his convictions, however confident he may be that the minister knows what is truth, this is not his foundation. He has a chart pointing out every waymark on the heavenward journey, and he ought not to guess at anything. GC 598.1
Let the light shine and let the Day Star arise…
Maranatha!
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