Jesus Christ is returning expecting to marry a virgin bride, but...!
That brings us to the second chapter of the Book of Zephaniah, the book concerning the time of the final warning, the blowing of the trumpet that the Day of the LORD is near and it SHALL come. It is written in Mat. 24, Mk. 13, Luke 21, that some of God's elect shall be delivered up and give testimony before kings and rulers and that the gospel shall be "published" (better translated proclaimed, heralded) among ALL nations. (I guess they are still here doing His work and not off "raptured" somewhere, right?) It is also written that those who are delivered up are not to premeditate nor take anxious thought about what they shall say because at that time the Holy Spirit will speak through them.
However, we do know that it is our Father's desire that His people come out of Babylon (confusion) of these end times so that they do not have to experience the 7th vial, the fury of His cup of wrath when it is poured out upon the ungodly (Rev. 18:4 ...Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues). And it is written that many shall come out of her, out of that great tribulation, when they see God's elect delivered up and give their testimony when His "fire", the Holy Spirit of God, proceeds from their mouths.
Salvation is open to all nations and kindreds and people and tongues!Rev. 7:9
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Never underestimate the value of the "seed planting" that you do today!Rev. 7:14
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Soon there will be NO MORE famine and drought when Jesus Christ returns with His saints and He ushers in the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven. There shall forever be plenty of green pastures and the river of living waters shall flow forth from beneath the threshold of His throne as it is written in Ezekiel 47:1 and Rev. 22:1.[15] Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.[16] They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
Would you believe that the lush green pastures and the living fountains of waters are available RIGHT NOW for any and all who will come to Him and seek Him through His Word. That's right! Jesus Christ promises He will feed anyone who hungers and thirsts after righteousness, i.e. His Word. Matthew 5:6 "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."[17] For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Remember, our Father is longsuffering toward His children (2 Pet. 3:9) and not desirous that any should perish and so it is as we read in Rev. 18:4 that the call for both individual and national repentance shall go forth with the final warning from God's elect that the One World Political/Economic/Religious system, i.e. Babylon the great, the mother of harlots with whom all the kings of the earth have committed fornication, is coming down when Jesus Christ returns. We read of that call to repentance right here in Zephaniah:
Jesus Christ is returning expecting to marry a virgin bride. However, the majority of Christians will have been spiritually seduced and shall be "wed" to the spurious messiah believing in their ignorance that he is Jesus Christ, their bridegroom. How happy do you suppose Christ will be when He returns and finds His wife to be with child, having been spiritually impregnated by the imposter, the false messiah? That is what Christ meant when He said in Mark 13:17 "But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!" He was not talking about physical, natural motherhood, but about the spiritual seduction of antichrist!Zeph 2:1
Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
Therefore, they shall be forewarned that they had better get their act together and "seek the LORD" before that 7th and final trump sounds.
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