A Heavy Burden
by Ron Wilkerson
Do you know what it is like to long for the Lord? Do you truly
know what it is to thirst and hunger after righteousness? Do you? I do, I sit
here all day long slaving away at my studies, and by this I mean my final
courses in Construction Management at UALR. It is taking ALL my time on the
weekend and hardly any is left for God, much less even my family. My heart is
crying out inside for God's peace and He gives it in good measure. Yet still, I
seek Him in prayer while I rock my little boy to sleep and my beautiful wife
continues to labor so we will have a warm meal to eat, a soothing drink of
lemonade, clean clothes to wear, and comfortably clean sheets in which to
sleep. I admire her hard work and dedicated service, simply out of love is the
reason as best I can tell. I am certainly not worthy of this great woman. So my
friends, my heart is so heavy. NOTHING should EVER COME BEFORE GOD! Not my wife,
my son, my own blood family.... NOTHING COMES BEFORE HIM OR I AM UNFIT FOR HIS
KINGDOM! So I labor on to speak with you that which the Lord has shown me.
It is an odd thing that I pick up this sacred text time and time
again only to be reminded of the VERY CLEAR DANGER that we are in at this
moment. People are simply rushing to churches to hear the sermon every Sunday,
pay their tithe and back to life as normal it is. No thoughts of God, no turning
of one's heart to hear His Word spoken as promised to them by the Holy
Spirit! Nope, it is Sunday and that means NFL football and beer or whatever
satisfies the craving of a soul in need of God's Holy Spirit to baptize them in
fire.
My heart is breaking for that which man will not see when it is
straight in front of him. I need not remind you of the news do I? Have you seen
it? Have you watched as your freedoms have diminished? Have you watched the
masses rioting in the Middle East over some movie about the prophet Mohammed as
it were? It is so "in your face", that since no one is paying attention, the
Prime Minister of Israel addressed the United Nations last week. When addressing
the assembly Mr. Netanyahu held up a cartoon picture of a bomb. You heard me
right, a CARTOON PICTURE of a BOMB! In that picture was a simple RED LINE which
indicated that the Iranians/Persians will have their highly enriched uranium by
late Spring. From there it is only a matter of possibly weeks before enough
uranium is enriched at 90% purity to make "the bomb". We are talking NUCLEAR
FISSION people! For those who have not brushed up on their science in a while,
FISSION is the "splitting of an atomic nucleus releasing a massive amount of
energy". Folks, this replicates what our own star, the Sun, does every second of
our lives to produce light.
I don't believe I need to say more. If you are willing, then you
WILL SEE because YOU HAVE EYES TO SEE AND EARS TO HEAR WHAT IS BEING SAID TO
YOU. Our Lord, regardless of what you may think, will not bring forth judgment
on mankind without signaling via His watchmen that PERILOUS TIMES are ahead. And
so, with my heart breaking and simply needing some rest, I open the Word of God
and it just happens to open up to the 13th Chapter of Isaiah. Oh yes, I was
going to turn to a Psalm to soothe my heart oh so quickly, but before I could do
so the Holy Spirit whispered in my ear. I am reminded of my calling, to be a
watchman and sound the trumpet. You can never know this burden on my heart for
you dear friends. All of you who read this need to be on the alert, be looking
up and praying that you will be accounted worthy to escape all these things
which must soon come to pass. I now present to you God's Word to His prophet
Isaiah for your edification, warning, and meditation in prayer. Be not mistaken
my friends, The Trumpet is going to sound soon, it will be with the voice of the
Archangel, and we which are alive and remaining shall be caught to be with the
Lord forever. And so it shall be. Please send me an email if you question my
reasoning that this Word is for today. I will be happy to point out to you that
prophecy in many cases has a dual fulfillment. Here in the first 16 verses of Isaiah 13 God is
speaking of His judgment on mankind that is spoken of by many of His other
prophets. The last verses 17-22 speak of the literal fulfillment of this
scripture during his lifetime somewhere in the area of 681 B.C. In these last
verses God focuses specifically on Babylon's judgment; that same Babylon which
is still in existence today 45 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq and is being rebuilt
as I type this, albeit you would have to be looking closely to know it.
Just for kicks, let's throw in a mainstream website so you don't
just think I am making this up. You have to look way down at the bottom on this
one to see what is going on today.
Oh and for your edification, read this... http://www.raptureready.com/featured/chambers/jc57.html /
I have trusted Brother Joseph Chambers for years now. He runs Paw Creek Church
in Charlotte, NC and is late in his years.
Oh, and by the way, all of you have heard about the 3rd Temple of
Israel one day being rebuilt. Yeah, the only thing lacking here is the word
"go", or a war in the Middle East so disastrous that God intervenes and makes
Himself known to all so that not one ARAB country will question this temple
being rebuilt. Yep, don't believe me, then go here and read away. http://www.templeinstitute.org/ All
of the priestly garments are finished and ready, all of the sacred temple
vessels as PRESCRIBED by "I AM" in the Old Testament are READY NOW.
God's Word to you from Isaiah right now. Please pay attention and
really look at verse 16 because it is breaking my heart.
Isaiah 13:1-16
The
oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
Lift up
a standard on the bare hill, Raise your
voice to them, Wave the hand that they may enter the
doors of the nobles. I have commanded
My consecrated ones, I have even called My mighty
warriors, My proudly
exulting ones, To execute My anger.
A sound of tumult on
the mountains, Like that of many people!
A sound of the
uproar of kingdoms, Of nations gathered together!
The LORD of hosts is mustering the army for
battle. They are coming from a
far country, From the farthest horizons, The LORD
and His instruments of indignation, To destroy the whole land.
Wail,
for the day of the LORD is
near! It will come as destruction
from the Almighty. Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will
melt. They will be terrified, Pains and
anguish will take hold of them; They will
writhe like a woman in labor, They
will look at one another in astonishment, Their faces aflame. Behold, the
day of the LORD is coming,
Cruel, with fury and
burning anger, To make the land a
desolation; And He will exterminate
its sinners from it. For the
stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth
their light; The sun will be
dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its
light. Thus I
will punish the world for its evil And the wicked for their
iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of
the proud And abase the haughtiness of the
ruthless. I will make mortal man
scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of
Ophir. Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of the LORD of hosts In the day of His burning anger. And it will be that like a
hunted gazelle, Or like sheep with none to gather
them, They will each turn to his own people,
And each one flee to his own land. Anyone who is found will be
thrust through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the
sword. Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces
Before their eyes; Their houses
will be plundered And their wives ravished.
I wish this were not so. I
am grateful for my salvation but my heart breaks right now for everyone who WILL
NOT SEE! Remember what Jesus said to those who have heard the Word of God but
have fallen asleep! He sent a letter to the Angel of the Church in Sardis and
they did not heed His warning. They suffered a terrible fate, melting would be a
pretty good description of what happened to those people in Sardis. Even so, the
Lord says this, Revelation
3:1-3 "To the angel
of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of
God and the seven stars, says this: 'I know your deeds, that you have a name
that you are alive, but you are dead. 'Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were
about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My
God. 'So remember what you have
received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I
will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to
you.
Who then is God's faithful servant? PRAY, PRAY, PRAY I tell you,
SEEK GOD's FACE while HE MAY BE FOUND! You have no guarantees that you will live
to see tomorrow and He is giving you every chance to change your minds and open
your hearts to the calling of His Holy Spirit. Be wise and submit, tell God,
"Please convert me, please Father, while you are near, cleanse me by Your Son's
Blood, the Payment YOU made for my SINS." I tell you now, it will be a sad day
when I see multitudes stand before the Lord, put in absolute silence as God
reads out their judgment. For who will be able to stand or speak in His
presence? No one I say, you will know then that you HAVE NO ARGUMENT and YOU ARE
GUILTY!
Mark
13:24-37 "But in those days, after that
tribulation, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT , AND THE STARS
WILL BE FALLING from heaven, and
the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. "Then they will see THE
SON OF MAN COMING IN CLOUDS with great power and
glory. "And then He will send forth the
angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the
farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.
"Now learn the parable from the
fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves,
you know that summer is near. "Even so,
you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, right
at the door. "Truly I say to you, this
generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words
will not pass away. "But of that day or
hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father
alone. "Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do
not know when the appointed time will come. "It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house
and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded
the doorkeeper to stay on the alert. "Therefore, be on the alert—for you do not know when the master
of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster
crows, or in the morning— in case he
should come suddenly and find you asleep. "What I say to you I say to all, 'Be on the alert!'
"
I pray for all of you. May God's mercy be with you. May he bless
you all if you find favor with Him and may the God of all peace bring you
comfort as we draw near to the end of the age of man. Seek HIM while HE MAY BE
FOUND!
Shalom - I love you ALL!
WOW!!!
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