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Pamphlet 1319 Joel kc 2-4
The real truth is not to be found in most of the houses of God because the fields have been stripped bare and the great famine is upon us.
The real truth is not to be found in most of the houses of God because the fields have been stripped bare and the great famine is upon us.
The "joy of the sons of Adam" is the Joy Bringer, Jesus Christ, whom they have forgotten because they have forsaken His Word.
The real truth is not to be found in most of the houses of God because the fields have been stripped bare and the great famine is upon us. So lament and howl and mourn all through the "night" because our people cannot find the true sacrifice for He has been "withholden from the house of your God". Amos 8:11-13 "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: [12] And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.Joel 1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Yes, the true bread and the wine have been "withholden from the house of your God"!
It's not celebration time! This is as serious as it gets, for our eternal life and that of our brothers and sisters is at stake here! So sanctify a fast, not a feast, and call a solemn assembly and cry unto the Lord thy God. For behold, alas, time is short and the swarming locusts are about to lick our platter clean!Joel 1:14
Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
The Day! The Day of the LORD! It IS coming! Are you prepared? Are you one of those who has the "Seal of God" in your forehead, i.e. your mind? Or are you a milk-toast Christian about to have your spiritual clocked cleaned?[15] Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
What kind of meals are served in your house of God? Many people have attended church for decades and are still so Biblically illiterate they should be ashamed of themselves. Are you one of them?[16] Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
They should be able to work in the field and nourish the seeds they plant, which is to teach others. But no! You see, the bread and wine have been cut off in their house of God and all they get is some skim milk on Sunday mornings. "Lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God."
Here is the apostle Paul's admonishment to those who have been Christians for some time now but are still Biblically illiterate:
They cannot even eat a steak dinner from the table of the Lord because they are still spiritual babies who haven't matured enough to be able to digest a full course meal!Hebrews 5:12
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
[13] For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.Tell it to the Children! Tell it to their Children! and to your great-grandchildren!
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