Deity’s Derision On Display
Most relevant of the political questions presently is: why cannot the Democrat Party acknowledge that the majority of America’s voters –and by a large margin—have rejected their party’s governance?
That this is the most relevant question isn’t even considered by that party’s radical membership –the base which so obviously controls that party. As a matter of fact, that radical base, I think it is reasonable to say by observation of their antics, hasn’t the individual or collective capability of figuring out their dilemma – that of why America’s voting public has shown them the proverbial door as of last November’s presidential election.
Their irrational antics include screeching in resistance to and protest of anything Trump. The antics include burning and/or defacing with swastikas Tesla electric cars, vehicles they just weeks ago championed over polluting gas-burning vehicles.
They scream against the deportation of illegal migrants who have raped and murdered throughout this country. They rant and rave over the new administration closing borders that formerly allowed such murderers, rapists, and child sex traffickers entry into our nation.
They support wholeheartedly the drive-by Israel-Jew-hating Jihadists who perpetrate genocide, determined to remove all such people from the river to the sea. They embrace every anti-God cause that degrades, debases, and debauches human beings and normality. They worship at the altar of Mother Earth with their climate change insanity. They favor in every way possible the abuse of the most innocent, championing the insane changing of the gender of children through bodily mutilation and hormonal disrupters.
They have, as the radical base of that political party, contributed mightily to turning America’s sub-culture into a mirror image like unto that of ancient Sodom.
This fanatical base sees America not as a light on the hill that has been illumination for freedom and national sovereignty –an example for the world to emulate—but as a hold-up to bringing all the world together as one, as John Lennon would have it. They embrace the globalist goals toward that end.
But the God of Heaven, I am of the conviction, has, for His own reasons, stopped these anti-God of reprobate mind (Romans 1: 28) sorts dead in their tracks – at least for the moment…
Psalms chapter 2 is in view, I believe, and it can’t be missed by the Spiritually-Attuned to Bible prophecy.
“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure” (Psalms 2:1-5).
God the Holy Spirit, resident within each believer in Christ, is restraining evil and wickedness during this time so near the end of the Church Age (Age of Grace) (2 Thessalonians chapter 2). And I believe we are witnessing, through Heaven’s action, God’s telling just how near is the moment He will have His Son, the Lord Jesus, call all believers into the Clouds of Glory.
God is, I believe, through plainly putting His Psalms chapter 2 derision of anti-God forces on display, giving a heads-up on things to come in the very near future. These things include proof of the Truth Paul the Apostle was inspired to write as recorded in the Book of Romans.
“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them” (Romans 1:28-32).
Now, understand that I am in no way whatsoever of the belief that the Democrat Party is the devil’s political party and the Republican Party is God’s political party. All political entities of this fallen world are sin-laden. Please understand that this is all to say that I believe God is displaying before the discerning eyes and ears of born-again believers that Heaven is restraining against and has in derision anti-God forces at this late prophetic hour through His observably dealing with this particular evil. I believe it is evidence that He is on the very cusp of intervening into this Sodom-like world.
This leftist political entity that goes against all that is godly is in total derision. Those fanatical adherents within its body are tearing apart the fabric of their political brand for all to see. That derision is from the very Hand of God, in my view.
Again, I’m of the opinion that this is particularly important because it could be a significant indicator of just how swiftly things are about to unfold from this point. Christ’s call to “Come up here!” could be very near indeed.
“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh” (Luke 21:28).
–Terry
Our Priceless Inheritance
It’s the subject of many murder mysteries. A wealthy man is murdered, and those set to share in his inheritance become key suspects. The story typically ends with one of them arrested for the crime.
Do you know that as believers, we will someday receive an inheritance that far exceeds any earthly fortune, not only in value but also in longevity?
The New Testament often refers to our unending legacy in passages such as Ephesians 1:11-14:
“In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.” (Emphasis added)
What is this great inheritance that promised to us as believers? James, the brother of Jesus, defines it for us:
“Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?” (James 2:5, emphasis added).
We are heirs to a kingdom, but what exactly is it?
Paul wrote that as believers, God “has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son” (Colossians 1:12). So, is our inheritance simply the spiritual realm in which we now walk with our Savior? No, that would make us possessors of the promised kingdom rather than heirs to it. In Ephesians 1:14, Paul clearly states that this “inheritance” is not yet ours.
In another passage, the apostle further clarifies that it’s impossible for us to inherit this realm in this lifetime.
“I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable” (1 Corinthians 15:50, emphasis added).
Paul very clearly states that it’s not possible for us to inherit the promised kingdom in our current mortal condition with bodies patterned after Adam’s (see 1 Corinthians 15:47–50). There must be a future phase of God’s kingdom that remains for us to inherit since we are ineligible to receive it with our current “perishable” bodies.
He doesn’t keep us in suspense with the seemingly unwelcome news but quickly explains that Jesus will transform our bodies and thus make us fit to enjoy our heritage:
“Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality” (1 Corinthians 15:51-53).
Our “flesh and blood” bodies cannot “inherit the imperishable.” It’s impossible. However, Jesus will someday solve our current dilemma by giving us “imperishable” and “immortal” ones. It doesn’t matter if we are alive or already with the Lord at the time of His appearing; Jesus will transform us into eligible recipients of our inheritance of a kingdom (see also Philippians 3:21). Until then, we wait with full assurance that someday we will receive what’s promised to us.
So, what is this future realm? Since we already belong to God’s spiritual kingdom, as we saw in Colossians 1:12, it must be something different than that. Since we are already members of the “body of Christ,” or the church (1 Corinthians 12:27), this future kingdom can’t be it since this is a current reality rather than something we cannot inherit until after this life is over.
The only future kingdom identified in Scripture is Jesus’ millennial reign. The apostle John defines its length as one thousand years in Revelation 20:1-10, and several passages throughout the Old Testament provide many more details of this celestial kingdom on the earth, one that has never existed in all of human history.
The Bible says that at His Second Coming, the Father will give His Son, Jesus, the nations as His “heritage” (Psalm 2:7-9; Daniel 7:13-14). Amazingly, Jesus will share the wonders, privileges, and prestige of His kingdom with us. As “joint heirs with Christ” to this glorious future realm (Romans 8:17), we will reign him in the millennial kingdom and then forevermore (Revelation 2:26-27, 5:9-10).
Isn’t it over-the-top good news to know that the church cannot possibly be the kingdom promised to us as our inheritance? What makes people think that our exquisite inheritance as New Testament saints is a temporal realm rife with division, false teaching, and far too many other problems to list in this short article? The fact that its members get sick and die demonstrates that it’s certainly not the glorious inheritance the Lord promises to us but rather one that we will someday inherit with gloriously transformed bodies.
The Lord will someday bestow upon us a priceless and never-ending legacy that will dwarf even the most substantial bequeaths in this life. Jesus Himself will make us fit as heirs to His kingdom by giving us bodies like His, ones that will last forever without aging, sickness, pain, or death.
What could possibly be better than what awaits us in eternity? Is it any wonder that we watch and eagerly long for Jesus’ appearing?
Maranatha!
-Jonathan