I believe the Lord has spoken to me over
the past week or so about what lies ahead of us and I would like to explain it
the best I can. I do believe the Lord has shown me a framework of how things
generally work out
over the next 12 years or so, but I am not going to lay out a timeline for you.
Let me also say that the Lord has not appeared before me in physical form and I
have not heard "thus sayeth the Lord" in my right ear or any of
that. Over time, those of us who are believers learn what the Lord's voice is
and is not as it speaks inside of us. That voice, I do believe I have
heard.
I do not believe that the Lord has given me license to layout a
timeline for anyone except myself. Why?
1 Thessalonians 5:1 ... Now concerning
the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to
you.
and
Acts
1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the
times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Most
people, cannot correctly handle a knowledge of the future, therefore they are
not given a knowledge of the future. Remember what the Lord has given me, a
framework, not a calendar with dates and times written on it. Also remember that
we have already been given a framework in the Word of God. The Lord has written
to us about seasons in the future. We are told that the Lord is coming back for
us in a day and hour that we do not expect. I identify with that Word because I
have no idea what day or hour or month or year the Lord will come back for
us.
With all this said^^^ what's the point in writing to you then if I'm
not going to lay out a timeline that you can check-off on your calendars? The
point is, what I believe I have been given is for a purpose, and that purpose is
to remind you of what has already been written. Does it help for the Lord to
remind us of what has already been written? Yea, big time it helps us by
focusing our attention on what's most important in the days we live
in.
Again, without writing to you about dates and times, what I believe I
have heard from the Lord is not "new news" to those of us exposed to the endless
drumbeat of world news. For example, Dec 2012 is being trumpeted as a time of
doom for the world. The bible tells us that there will be signs in the sun, moon
and stars. If you look at the science behind 2012, you will see that it
is precisely because of what is happening with the sun that the disasters we are
seeing now (Europe frozen over for example) will continue to adversely impact
the earth. From what I understand as I write to you today, things will
progressively get worse for the world in 2011 and into 2012. You don't need me
to tell you things like this, you have eyes too right?
It is
this "progressively getting worse" that I would like to address now. There is no
question in my mind at all that we should expect a pre-tribulation escape from all, rapture, harpazo, call it whatever
you want, but here is where we must exercise some focus and discernment. As
things grow progressively worse, we could be here for some time. Here's where I
have much to say and I hope I can organize it correctly.