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Revelation 16:1-2

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Revelation 16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
 
Now God begins to have the angels pour out the last of the judgments. The angels may be reluctant to bring this destruction but because the are obedient to God they do not hesitate. The first vial brought noisome and grievous sores upon all those that worshiped the Antichrist or had his mark. This means that the saints or followers of Christ will not be harmed by this plague, they will be protected as God has promised. Now you may say I can stay true to God if I miss the rapture but you do not need to take that chance because it will way harder than you can imagine simply because the the Holy Spirit will not have the same roll in the tribulation that He has now of convicting us when we do wrong. Also these plagues do not begin til the last half of the tribulation, right after you have been commanded to take the mark of the beast or die.
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Revelation 15:5-8

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Revelations 15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
 
Now as things continue on to begin the last three and one half years we see the tabernacle open up and seven angels walk out. These angles have the last seven plagues that are given to them by God himself for judgement on the people who have worshiped Satan and tortured His people. A lot of people think God can not cause bad things to happen, but look at Sodom and Gomorrah, and He is doing this to purge the earth once and from all of sin and so He is releasing theses last seven plagues. Because God has issued so much power to release these plagues, it caused the tabernacle to be filled with smoke and now no one can enter the tabernacle until these plagues are released.You see the chaos in our world today and know that it is Satan already trying to set up his kingdom for the tribulation period to bring as many of God’s children with him as possible, and you will find every reason in your book not to be in church today. Time is short you need to be getting your life in order with God.
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Revelation 15:1-4

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Revelation 15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
 
Now we begin to God getting ready release the finale seven judgments on the unbelievers of the world, this will be the full wrath of God greater than that of when He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.We also see her all the saints that were martyred in the tribulation praising God singing the song of Moses because he brought the children out of Egypt and they know that God is fixing to answer their prayers fulfill the judgement on Satan and his followers.We also know that the beginning wisdom is to fear the Lord and that at the end of time every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Why wait to give God the glory He deserves now?
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Revelation 14:17-20

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Revelation 14:17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
 
As we saw in the previous scripture Christ had the sickle in His hands but now another angel shows up and the angle has the sickle.The difference being Christ was harvesting His people and now God is going to harvest those who chose not to believe. In this harvest it is very ripe for the picking and this is probably real close to the end of the tribulation even the battle of Armageddon. The intensity of God’s judgement her is stronger than has ever been. So many are killed in this battle that the blood that is spilled covers an area 184 miles long and is 4 to 5 feet deep, this distance is the length of Palestine and it quite possibly is flowing down the Jordan Valley. This shows that no how much someone believes the lies of Satan God’s justice prevails. I ask people again today if you are not in a God fearing church that teaches the TRUE word of God please find one and let Jesus take over your life before it is too late.
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Revelation 14:14-16

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Revelation 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
 
The person sitting on this cloud is Jesus with a crown on his head showing is ruler of this world. The sickle He holds in his hand is to reap the Christians from the earth before the tribulation. This is the first judgement of God when he calls His children home. At the second coming of Christ when He steps foot on the the earth will be the next judgement when all that worship the beast will be judged. Again it is going to be awesome to go when that trumpet blows and not have to face the tribulation.
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Revelation 14: 12-13

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Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
 
The patience spoken of here is not ordinary patience, it perseverance and endurance. These saints are the ones who have stayed true to God in the tribulation period and kept the faith of Jesus. The are most likely killed by the Antichrist and therefore are martyrs.When they go to heaven they will be allowed to rest until Jesus Millennium reign and then they will be reward for their works in reigning with Jesus along with the rest of the saints. You know as hard as it is to have patience today it would be a lot better to go ahead and get on God’s side now than to think you can have that kind of patience in the tribulation.
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When God is Quiet

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Matthew 15
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. (emphasis added)  And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Bro Jerry Trotter was in revival in Grand Ridge a few days ago, and Randy and I were blessed to be able to go down on Sunday night and be with them.

He preached on the scriptures above; he made sure we saw that Jesus did not respond at all to the woman’s request about her daughter; at least not in the beginning.

Bro Jerry pointed out that even when God is quiet, it doesn’t mean He’s not working.

We want God to move on our timetable, but if you’ve been in a relationship with Him for very long, you know that God does things on His timetable, not ours. That may sound mean, but it’s not. Because, beloved, God knows exactly when to move and exactly what to do. He knows that the timing has to be perfect in order for His will to be done perfectly.

It’s hard sometimes, but we have to trust Him to know what He’s doing. He hung the moon and stars – he set the earth on it’s axis – He spoke the universe into existence.  He knows what He’s doing.

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Revelation 14:9-11

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Revealtion 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
 
The third angel now appears and in essence is trying to get people to make the right choice for God by letting them know what they will be facing if the choose Satan and his mark. If they chose Satan the will suffer the effects of fire an brimstone just like Sodom & Gomorrah. They will not ever have any rest day or night in contrast to the peace and joy Christians will have in heaven. It also talks of the smoke of the torment ,you you can not have smoke without fire, which the the eternal fire of hell which it says will be forever and ever, in other words eternity.
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Useless or Useful?

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This old water tower is behind town hall in Rutledge. It was erected in the early ’50s and was used for many years to help provide water for the folks in town.

But like many things, it was no longer useful- two bigger water towers were put up in other parts of town. Because of regulations on how municipal water towers are maintained, it didn’t hold enough water to make the costs to keep it in shape worthwhile.

So now it sits behind town hall, waiting.  The town would love to see someone take it and make something useful out of it. Maybe sit on someone’s ranch or farm, and maybe like the one in Montgomery that graces the area where some swanky downtown restaurants are.

Do you ever wonder if you’re useful or not? Look around- maybe you’re just in the wrong spot!

Gen. 12:1-3 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:  And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

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Revelation 14:8

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Revelation 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
 
Another angel comes saying Babylon has fallen ,but this is not talking about the city but about the world government because it controlled everything and it just begins to to destroyed at the middle of tribulation. This in some way is another warning at the midpoint that it is time to make a decision who you are going to follow Satan or God.