SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/5/2023 9:09 AM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-1 “Disputes
And Warfare Among The Nations”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Matt. 24:6-7a
Message of the verses: “6 “And you
will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened,
for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7 “For
nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,”
We begin this SD by looking at the second birth pain
that will take place during the Tribulation period, as this will involve
intensified and unparalleled disputes and warfare among the nations and
kingdoms of the world.
MacArthur
writes “You will be hearing translates a form of the future tense of mello that carries the idea of continual
hearing. There will be constant talk of
actual wars and of rumors of wars, to a degree the world has never known
before.” I have to say that I have been
looking at a lot of war news from what is going on in Israel since the 7th
of October as Israel is fighting on a number of fronts in the Middle East. They are actually fighting for their
existence as they are surrounded by their enemies, and there are many nations
from around the world that very well could get into this war. What am I saying? Well the nations that are involved in this
war are nations, other than the United States, who are in end time
prophecies. My thoughts on this as I
have studied end time prophecies for almost 50 years, and that is that I see
the next thing that happens on the prophetic calendar is the Rapture of the
church. After the Rapture of the church
I think that it will cause a very difficult time for those remaining here on
earth for some time. I think that what
will happen next is that in order to cause some stability in the world that the
Antichrist will appear, and at that time he will get involved in what is going
on in the Middle East, especially with Israel as he will sign a seven year
peace treaty that will begin the tribulation period as seen in the book of
Daniel "And he will make a firm
covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put
a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will
come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is
decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate” (Dan. 9:27). Now after that “firm covenant” is made that starts what our Lord is talking
about in Matthew 24-25, and also what John wrote in the book of Revelation in
chapters 6-19.
Now
back to our verses for today as we can see that these disputes and warfare that
goes on among the nations at that time will go on in a regular basis, and in
the end they will explode into a grand holocaust of bloodshed and carnage.
There
will be many believers during this time of the Tribulation period and Jesus
tells them not to be frightened, and the reason is because those things are
certain evidence that God’s plan is unfolding exactly according to His
will. Those events, even though they are
ghastly and destructive must take place as Jesus said. “They are harbingers of the end but they are not
yet the end” writes MacArthur.
Lord
willing this will be the first of a few more SD’s on this subject, and as
stated I think this is a good time to be studying what the prophets and of
course our Lord has to say about how this world is fast coming to the events
that will take place in the Tribulation period.
I have to say that by watching what is going on in Israel and the
surrounding countries I can’t help myself than to add some comments in these
Spiritual Diaries from Matthew chapters 24-25, which we will be in for some
time I believe, as looking ahead in MacArthur’s commentaries there are 126
pages that are about those two chapters.
12/5/2023 9:43 AM
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