"I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me....For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." (Hab. 2:1 & 3)
The Young Jews Murdered in Jerusalem Last Week
These young men are children of Abraham. They were murdered because they are Jews, nothing more. The Bible warns that there will be more of this. Hatred is irrational. You do not reason with it, negotiate with it, or yield to it. If you do, you are dead. To many naive Believers these words sound harsh, maybe even unchristian. No. They are the reality of the world in which we live, and history is on my side! If the Godhead is so against war, why is the last book of the Canon filled with the description of the Final War? Don't ever let anyone tell you that the Book of Revelation is allegory. That false opinion will make you unprepared for what is to come on the earth.
Our text is the theme of most Biblical prophecy. "But these things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled." (NLT) So, in light of our text, in light of the murders last week in Jerusalem, in light of the reality that "all who desire to live Godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution," and in the light of Biblical prophecy in general, I pass on to you some encouragement from the Words of God-- "Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love....Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith....Become complete. Be of good comfort....The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I pray, fulfill this exhortation in me. Amen.
