I feel compelled to offer some words of comfort during these troubled times as I must admit to being simply astonished at the events that have happened since late 2019…
Having followed our Lord Jesus for most of my 60+ years of life, I thought I was prepared for what could happen in our world as we look forward to his return to set up our God Yahweh’s worldwide kingdom in the future, but I am clearly not.
My heart goes out to those suffering from the pandemics, the wars, and the coming famines that will soon besiege us all.
For those who don’t know, these events of our time were prophesied in the Bible.
What has happened to us as a society in that it appears we are no longer speaking truthfully to each other?
It reminds me of Yahweh’s words in Isaiah 5:18-24 “
“Woe to those who drag guilt along by the reins of duplicity, drag along sin as though with a cart rope; to those who say, ‘Why doesn’t he do his work quickly so that we can see it; why doesn’t the Holy One of Israel’s design hurry up and come true so that we can experience it?’
Woe to those who call what is bad, good, and what is good, bad, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
Woe to those who think themselves wise and believe themselves enlightened.
Woe to those whose might lies in wine bibbing, their heroism in mixing strong drinks, who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the upright.
Yes, as the flame devours the stubble, as the straw flares up and disappears, their root will like decay and their shoot be carried off like dust, for having rejected the law of Yahweh Sabaoth, for having despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.“
What we should note is that these worldwide events are expected as a consequence of the conduct of the real spirit rulers of our world fighting against the coming of Yahweh’s kingdom.
Because of this, there is hope as they have already been condemned for their injustice as shown in Psalm 82 from the ESV e.g.
Rescue the Weak and Needy. – A Psalm of Asaph.
God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
they walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
I said, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, like men you shall die,
and fall like any prince.”
Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for you shall inherit all the nations!
If you want to find a real-world reality, one that offers hope for us all then seek Yahweh our heavenly father as shown by his son Jesus in Matt 7: 7-11.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened.
Is there anyone among you who would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread? Or would hand him a snake when he asked for a fish?
If you, then, evil as you are, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!“