The Message Few
Today Want to Hear
                                                                      By Pastor F. M. Riley
                                                                      October 26, 2019
     "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show MY PEOPLE their transgression....," Isaiah 58:1.

     "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man  soweth, that shall he also reap.
     For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting," Galatians 6:7-8.   
Introduction
     There are three basic needs to life, which enable each of us   to live; food, clothing, and shelter..  If we want to live a life that is pleasing to God, and a blessing to others, then these needs MUST be met.  It is the Lord God who is able to  bless or withhold these needs of mankind, and who promises that if we "seek the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness," first [before fleshly lusts],  each of these basic needs will be met, Matthew 6:33; Psalm 37:25.     
     In view of this promise of the Lord Jesus Himself, as we look at the collapsing of the  world around us  today, it is obvious that mankind living today, IS NOT seeking "the kingdom of God, and His righteousness"  for their lives.  There will be a terrible price to pay for mankind's ignoring and rejecting of the Lord God who created us all.  Read on.......
     The Prelude
      As I write, the economy of America, and of the whole world is teetering on the brink of imminent collapse. WHEN it does, not IF, the economic depression created will make the previous Great Depression look like "a stroll in the park."  
      The ultra-rich wicked men of the world, who could prevent such an economic collapse, WILL NOT do so, for they intend to make themselves even richer off this world catastrophe.  However, they haven't yet figurued out that Almighty God will have His say in what is coming on mankind.  
      I do believe that this economic collapse could occur at any time now, and will likely occur JUST BEFORE the beginning of the seven year Tribulation period.  So now let's turn our attention to the inspired prophecies of that terrible time that mankind is facing RIGHT NOW.......  
Basic Need #1.....FOOD
     Food is the very first basic need of mankind. .  Without the necessary food to sustain our physical bodies,  we die.  A basic truth of life.    
     With the collapse of the world economy, just before the Tribulation begins, Christ rejecting unbelievers living today, who will be LEFT BEHIND at the rapture, are going to find themselves in a world of hurt.  
     The Lord Jesus Christ Himself predicted that there would be "famines," massive world wide food shortages, Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 21:11.  Sure enough, they are already here in some countries, and during the coming Tribulation period such famines will be world wide, including America.  
     The inspired Word states plainly, that shortly after the beginning of the Tribulation, a loaf of bread will cost a day's wages [for those who still have jobs].  The world food supply will become so short, that all food will be seized by the one-world government, and world wide food rationing will be imposed upon the people.  Read it for yourself in Rev. 6:5-6.    
A Repetition
     Several times in the New Testament we read the expression; "to the Jew first, and then to the Greek" [Gentiles].   Look up these Scriptures for yourself.   
     In 70 A.D. the Gentile Roman army, then ruling over the whole known world,  deliberately starved a million Jews to death in the seige of Jerusalem.  So the Jews reaped in part their transgression and wickedness for rejecting and crucifying the Lord Jesus Christ 30 years previously.   
     God's inspired Word plainly states that whatever is sown, is exactly what is going to be reaped, Galatians 6:7-8. I would point out that a farmer always expects the harvest to be much larger than the seed sown!   In this case, the Roman government in control at that time sowed starvation and death upon  God's chosen people.  That  crop sown back then,  yet remains to be reaped!  Is starvation and death coming upon the Gentile nations and peoples on the earth?  Count on it!   Are you listening?
     America today, whether some readers like it or not, has become one of the wickedest and most sinful nations on the earth.   The murder of the innocent unborn! Drunkeness, drugs, robbery, rape, murder, homosexuality, divorce and child abuse!  Cheating, lying, and stealing!  Is it now time for the American people to reap what they have been sowing?  Think about it!  .
Basic Need #2.....CLOTHING
     Clothing is also a basic need of mankind.  It protects our bodies from cold in the winter, and from blistering heat in the summer.  Depending on how we dress, clothing can keep us warm or cool. And it covers our nakedness from the eyes of lustful men and women.  Thank God for clothing.    
        When Adam and Eve were created, they were clothed with the innocence, the righteousness, and the light of God.  But after Adam's disobedience, they found themselves stark bald naked, and they hid themselves, Genesis 3:7-11.  Obviously they were ashamed of being seen naked.  The Lord God then graciously clothed them with the skins of animals, Genesis 3:21.  It doesn't take much logic to understand that the first clothing ever worn by fallen mankind  was purchased by shedding the blood of innocent animals.    That is how important the Lord God Himself regarded clothing to cover the nakedness of the bodies of mankind.  Are our readers listening?
      When the world economy collapses, businesses, factories, and all production of goods and services will close their doors.  Thousands, or perhaps millions, of people will be out of work.  The clothes they have on their bodies, and in their closets at that time, will have to do them for the next seven years.  Clothing will become more valuable to those LEFT BEHIND on the earth following the rapture, than silver or gold, Ezekiel 7:18-19.  
     Clothing will be so valuable during the Tribulation, that it will become a status symbol for those who still have it, Isaiah 3:6-7.   
      This is one of the reasons men and women will hide themselves in  the rocks and the mountains, Isaiah 2:19-21.  The caves will provide protection to the naked bodies of men and women, from the rain and bitter cold of the winters, and the blistering heat of the summers.  It will also make men and women think they are hiding their naked bodies from the eyes of God, just as Adam and Eve thought centuries ago.  But they will only be deceiving themselves.  ".....all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do," Hebrews 4:13.  
     Thank God for adequate clothing.  I thank our gracious God for making it possible for me to have the clothing I need to cover my body.
Basic Need #3.......SHELTER
     Shelter is also a basic need of mankind, even though many people today never give it a second thought.  
     Do our readers have a home, or even an adequate apartment to live and work and sleep in?  If you do, thank God for it!  
     In every large city in America today, there are dozens of "homeless" people.  Why?  Because the price of houses, and even rentals, has become so expensive that many poor people can no longer afford to buy or to rent.  
     This is the SIN most people never talk about.  In 1994 my wife and I moved from Missouri to New Mexico to live.  When we left Missouri, a whole house could be rented for $80 to $100 per month.  We returned to Missouri ten years later in 2004.  The very same houses were renting for $800 to $1000 per month.  What had changed in ten years?  THE GREED OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.  
     A wood frame house which originally cost from $15,000 to $25,000 to build, now costs from $100,000 to $150,000 dollars to buy.  Folks, whether some readers like it or not, what is driving the housing market today is insatiable GREED.  Nothing but WICKED GREED!  
     And where do the poor people have to go?  According to reports I have received, over 1,000 of them are living and sleeping on the streets of Los Angeles, California today as I write. Likewise for other major cities throughout America.  They sleep right on the streets in the entrance ways into stores and buildings.  They sleep in the parks, in wooded areas,  under bridges and over passes, in public restrooms in bus and train stations, in large culverts, etc.   They are "homeless," and are doing whatever they can to survive.  They beg for food or money on the streets during the day.  And oh yes.....
     At night, wherever they happen to be, they releave themselves of their waste.  The reports say that the streets of the large cities in America are filled with human waste every morning, and the city employees have to clean it up morning after morning.  Some reports  state that the stench in  downtown areas in some large cities is so bad each morning, that the city employees wear breathing masks as they clean up the human waste, and that the stench is causing consumers to avoid the downtown areas to do their shopping.  
These "homeless" people have no shelter.  Our readers should thank God if they have homes to go to each evening.   
     But cheer up!  It is not near as bad as it will become during the seven years of the Tribulation period.  Read Revelation chapters 6, 8, and 9.  Read Isaiah, chapters 2, 13, and 24.  The judgments that will be poured out upon Christ rejecting unbelievers LEFT BEHIND on the earth when the rapture occurs, will be so bad that whole families will abandon their fine homes and flee to the mountains where they can find a cave to live and hide in.  Due to the heat, the earthquakes, the asteroid showers, etc. millions will die just seeking shelter!  "And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth:  they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried;  they shall be dung upon the ground," Jeremiah 25:33.             
     The SOON Coming [parousia] of the Lord
     It is precisely because of the deteriorating moral conditions of mankind on the earth, that the Lord Jesus is coming to RESCUE His Church [His espoused Bride], and every true believer, by removing them from off the face of the earth, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. The Lord God loves those who have responded to His sacrifice for them [John 13:34; 14:21], and is not willing for them to suffer the terrible "wrath" that is coming upon unbelieving, Christ rejecting, mankind LEFT BEHIND on the earth following the rapture, Romans 5:8-9; 1 Thess. 5:9.  Therefore, the Lord Jesus is coming to rescue and remove all true believers out of the path of impending, imminent, danger.  Praise the Lord!       
Conclusion
     There is so much more that I could write about.  Every "sign" and other indicator the Lord told His people to "watch" for preceding His coming, is here today!  Are you listening?  
     But this study is long enough, and plain enough to be understood, even by those who don't want to hear it.  
     Dear readers, our precious Lord Jesus is coming REAL SOON.  Any reader who is not ready to meet the Lord, will be LEFT BEHIND when the rapture occurs.  LEFT BEHIND to face and deal with the very things I have described in this study.  Get ready now, to meet the Lord Jesus in the air, or you could very well be lost "for ever."  Revelation 20:15.  
     NOW is the time to make your calling and election sure, 2 Peter 1:10-11.  Any reader who does not understand this Bible "lingo," simply needs to seek the Lord in earnest, sincere, prayer, asking Him to save your soul for time and eternity.  Ask any way you know how, for He is looking at your heart even as you pray.   He knows who is sincere, and who is merely mouthing words.  The sincere seeker will be saved, and will be made to know it.  
      I want to meet every reader in Heaven.  Please don't disappoint me.  
     May the Lord God add His GRACE and mercies and blessings to this message is my prayer.   
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