it's saying I'm good being open, in fact life is perfect with me being open." Now scripture doesn't define Christ as mad but you think about not being able to go into your house that you paid for because what's going on there is just too unruly. Your children have turned it into a crack house or whore house and you are standing outside trying to see IF anyone you gave birth too will hear you so you can get this straight. We know you would not be happy and thrilled and excited. But this is the final condition of the church world that He finds.
And let me explain this- while this may be a great portion of churches and attendees, the Church of Philidelphia (the 6th Church) is another story. So for churches that are in right standings with God- the spirit of your church is of that with Philadelphia. I don't want everyone thinking we are ALL hell bound.
2. Now whether you believe the church is going to be raptured or raptured in the middle or after the tribulations, it's important to know that the tribulations are about and concering Israel; Christ's original people. According to Daniel 9:24-25, there is one remaing "week" or 7 year period that Israel must receive their punishment from God. And this is where it picks up. -
Revelation 6 & 7 Madness
- Judgements are executed every time a seal was opened. The anti-christ is relaeased, wars and bloodsheed, famine, pestilence, believers being murdered, earthquates and a final seal that begins the next set of judgments.
3. Revelation 8 & 9 Madness
- Judgments are executed every time a trumpet was blown. Hail and fire mingled with blood cast upon the earth, water turning into blood, a star called wormwood poisening another 1/3 of the waters, darkness covering the earth because the sun, moon and stars are darkened, locust with the sting of scorpions, armies with horses with tails like a sperent will harm mankind along with plagues.
4) Revelation 16 Madness
- The 3rd set of judgment will occur through the outporing of 7 bowls. Sores will afflict people with the mark of the beast (666), additional waters turning into blood, the sun will burn and scorch people, people will be in so much pain, they will gnaw their own tongues
5) Revelation- Madness of Mankind
We know that if only ONE of these judgements took place it would be horrific. We can only imagine what the earth will be like with these things happening back to back.
The Judgement of God is as serious and real as the Salvation of God. He does not wish that any should perish, but that ALL should repent according to II Peter 3: 9. And what I find even more astonishing than the acts of judgment is the ANGER of mankind experiencing these things.
A. When they were scorched by the SUN they BLASPHEMED THE NAME OF GOD and did not repent ( Rev. 16:9)
B. When they gnawed their tongues because of their pain, they blasphemed the God of Heaven and did not repent ( Rev. 16:10-11)
C. They sought to end their lives, although they could not (Rev. 9:6)
D. They called for the mountains and rocks to fall on them and hide them from God (Rev. 6:16)
What manner of MADNESS is this??? It's almost inconceiveable. If you are an athiest then by now you KNOW there is a God, if you are an agnostic, by now you KNOW who is God and if you missed the rapture then you should understand that this is your fault NOT God's but the mind tells them to curse Him, take your own life not present it to Him, and even hide from Him. That's more than a chemical imbalance going on. Romans 8: 7 says it's enmity against God and that's exactly what it is; hostility, animosity, hatred against God. They are so MAD that the one and only person that can stop this, they curse, try to die and hide from. That's scarry!!!!
6) Now as if mankind's Madness isn't bad enough let's close this out with Satan, himself. After all the chaos he, himself has caused, he will be thrown into a bottomless pit, the abyss, for 1000 years! (Rev. 20:3) He's just falling in utter darkness for 12,000 months; for more than 365,000 days - leap years will add a day, which means almost 9 million hours.
I didn't create Satan so I don't know if he even has the ability to change. We can surmise NO because humans can't get their minds together over 3. 5 years of direct tribulations. But AFTER 9 million hours, he re-enters the earth realm and Rev. 20:8 says he will come out to deceive the nations..... A 9 million hour "time-out" did him no good AND this is the spirit we allow access to our minds and emotions. This is the spirit that we don't warn people about day in and day out. This is the spirit that we don't protect our children, our wives and our husbands from. This is the spirit we don't bind and kick out of our churches, pulpits, ministry departments and gatherings. We at best, don't cast him out and allow him to hang out too much and worst invite him in through ungodly/demonic filled and laced shows, music, entertainment, drugs, witch-craft, fortune telling, se'ances, settings, fellowships and the like.
The Bible says a little leaven, leavens the whole lump. Leaven is likened to sin. Just a little that we don't address. Just a little that we ignore. Just a little that confess and change our minds about can grow into what we've never imagined. We fail to understand how powerful the spirit world is and we neglect to gaurd our hearts with due diligence. We fail to renew our minds so that we can be transformed. We fail to cast down imaginations, pull thoughts into captivity and bind strongholds. Thus we leave ourselves fair game for 9 Million hour man to have dominion in our lives and those we know and love. And that my beloved ones is also MADNESS!
I pray that you mend your ways beginning today. That you find a Bible teaching church home that confronts your desires and appetites and makes you more like Christ. I pray you learn about the Holy Spirit with me throughout the month of April and that He showers His power upon you. Not so that you can become rich with increase and have need of nothing like the Laodiceans who have put Christ out of the church but so that you too can honestly say, "The SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, FOR HE HAS ANOINTED ME TO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM FREEDOM FOR THE PRISONERS AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT FOR THE BLIND, TO SET THE OPPRESSED FREE, TO PROCLAIM THE YEAR OF THE lORD'S FAVOR!"