Thank God I am finally beginning to emerge from what has been one of the darkest, most painful experiences of my whole time here on earth. Without going into a lot of detail, I’ll just say I had to have two of my best friends euthanized. One of them was my old Dusty girl of whom I have mentioned on posts from the past and if you are a long-time follower, you’ll likely recall some things I’ve said about her. She was my loyal friend for fourteen years and losing her was almost more than I’ve been able to bear. I plan to do a tribute post to her when the sorrow ebbs to the point I can. The other was Chewy, Dusty’s brother of the same litter as her. They came into this world on the same day and left it within minutes of each other fourteen years later. There’s a lot of sadness in my heart for him too – he was technically my daughter’s dog, but somehow love doesn’t stay within ownership bounds. He was a very good boy. Both of them were old and very sick – he had severe breathing problems and she had begun to exhibit signs of extreme pain. I had to do it. Yall pray for me.

Though I have to take more time to grieve them, I feel that the Lord has given me a task to send out a post in light of recent events in the world – suffice it to say that the end of our age is upon us as is becoming more and more obvious. Those who waste their time waiting for things to “return to normal” are about to miss a very important boat – things will never be the way they were earlier in our lives. Those days are gone forever. Things won’t even go back to the way they were a month ago! The age of innocence has passed, and a world of rampant evil controlled by the prince of power of the air has been thrust upon us. Take heed, as the end approaches it is becoming increasingly impossible to ignore.

[Matthew 24:45,46]: “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food ^[i]in due season? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.” Those of us who believe are called to help with the harvest, no matter our station in life; whether we be a great evangelist with the faith of Reverend Spurgeon, or a person with a wonderful voice who sings hymns to inspire the brethren, or a lowly message poster on the internet, we all have a job to do. The time is short, and the Son of Man is already on the cloud with the sharp sickle thrusting it in to gather His harvest and we must be found doing His work when He gets back.

I’ll not give the enemy the satisfaction of speaking overly much about his intimidation of our world at large. It’s safe to assume that everyone who is interested already see his actions; wars, rumors of wars, persecution of the saints, famines, and earthquakes in diverse places. The true servants of Jesus Christ must prepare to endure some tough times ahead. Contrary to the end times prophecies a lot of “preachers” are telling people, it’s not going to be easy to endure what we are about to face. Tribulation is a threatening word that speaks of a horrible set of circumstances that we must gird ourselves to suffer through to our final victory.

There are different schools of interpretation about the chronology of events of the end times. Some believe the rapture will take place before the real seven-year tribulation takes place, but Jesus said something that makes me think this interpretation is off. He said [Matthew 24:22]: “And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.” The way this reads, if those days to which He is referring are indeed the difficult times of the great tribulation, then the elect will still be around to suffer, so there’s that. Another thing I think about is that if Christians through the ages have suffered persecution, starvation, and torture, what makes folks think that for some reason us believers in the latter days should expect to be able to avoid such things as the end draws nigh?

Folks, things in this life don’t look good for us – any of us. Satan has put servants of his own choosing into the highest positions of power worldwide and they are all advocating for death and destruction. That recent speech by the Secretary of Insanity to the generals and admirals was but a glimpse of the merciless behavior they are preparing to mete out to people, but at some point – probably after the mark of the beast has been assigned to the unsaved – the focus will be on Christian believers, we should count on it.

Why am I saying all this? Because when those days get here in their fullness and we become enshrouded in this already increasing darkness, we who love the Lord must shine with the brilliance of His glory. We must show ourselves to be the beacons of hope to our brethren and to any who might choose to join us as followers. Indeed, we must absolutely rejoice in the face of the threats of the enemy, for when these things come about, our time to join our Lord will be fast approaching.

I don’t know about anyone else, but with the condition of this world over which Satan has dominance getting into the mess it’s in, how could folks of right mind even want to survive in it? Being watched with cameras everywhere, even our home conversations being eavesdropped on, being forced to take dubious vaccinations, eventually being told we must worship some evil dictator, etc. What kind of life are we facing? We are being forced to finance war, genocide, starvation of innocents, and in most government decisions, we have no choice now but to go along. Not to mention the threat of nuclear war and its attendant poisoning of the world hanging over us. We are rapidly approaching that point where our decision to follow Jesus Christ will earn us a death sentence, but if we are true believers, we will welcome our departure from this world which has come to be overtly ruled by Satan.

I guess the bottom line of this gloomy post is that our time here is getting very short. The message is, or should be, only dark for those who have refused the Lord or those who have yet to decide. Make your move of faith now before it’s too late. Jesus offers us eternal life of unimaginable joy and peace, totally opposite to what the enemy has in store for his followers. [1 Corinthians 2:9]: “Eye has not seen, nor ear hear, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

This world was never intended by its Creator to be our permanent home so we need to stop considering how to survive in it. Preparation for survival in this world is a waste of time that could be spent in helping with the harvest. This whole world will be destroyed along with all of our works – the future for believers is ONLY with Jesus Christ, so everyone needs to get to know Him ASAP, the days are short.

Please send comments for the encouragement of all of us. We need each other now more than ever.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us through these troubled days.

MK