"Turning 13!"

 

"As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at

 the coming of the Son of Man."

(Matthew 24:37)

 

 

We're about to be teenagers!  Huh?  We're coming to the Year of 2013.  The dawning of the "teens."  A time of changes in the "body," a time of almost adult but "not," a time of not being able to determine the results of decisions because the brain is still not fully developed yet, a time of wild and sometimes irrational behavior, a time of development and temptation, a time of beginning to become, a time of yearning to be understood  ...  "Turning 13!"

 

 

"The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the

earth had become, and that every inclination of the

thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time."

(Genesis 6:5)

 



In Spiritual terms, we are embarking on the endtimes or the last days, tumultuous and misunderstood days, riotous and terror-filled days, changes in the Church body to accommodate Joel 2:28's Spirit upon all flesh days, the devil has little time so he unleashes it all days, the "where is the sign of His coming?" days, evil running rampant days, marrying and given in marriage days, eating, drinking, and revelling days  ...  just before the Rapture of the Church days  ... or as my Pastor so eloquently stated, "changes in the body to get ready for birth" (Kenneth Phillips) 

 

How was it in the days of Noah?  Clarke's Commentary says, "They spent their time in rapine, luxury and riot."  Sounds like today, doesn't it?

 

 

"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,

but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of

the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking,

 marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they

 knew nothng about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. 

That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man."

(Matthew 24: 36-39)

 

 

It is no doubt that we are in the endtimes; the days in which we are living are as Noah's days  ...  parading in the streets for same sex marriage; legalization of mind-altering drugs; vulgarity is a norm, nudity is an acceptable commodity on television, in movies, on billboards; laws being passed that are against the laws of Almighty God; the economy of the entire world is moving to a one-world currency; there is much talk of the "end of time"  ... 

 

When will it be the last straw that rises up to a Holy God and He "no longer strives with man?"  " And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man ..." (Genesis 6:3)  It will come, but earthlings are blessed, because the Lord Jesus Christ is long-suffering, and not willing that ANY should be lost or perish.  So, He calls to His creation with love and arms open wide  ...  the door is still open; the Blood of Christ is still flowing to cover the sins of man; the avenue of forgiveness still welcomes ALL who have sinned and seek to be forgiven; the Spirit of God still fills hungry souls.

 

End of the world?  Not yet  ...  there's still today  ...  What should we do?  Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.  For the promise is unto you and your children, as many as are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.  (Acts 2:38-39)  There will be an end when the Lord will remove the righteous to judge the unrighteous  ...  the Rapture of the Church; we shall be caught away with the Lord in the air.  Don't put it off; come to Jesus Christ while there's still time, because  ...  Behold He comes  ...  and we're "Turning 13"  ...

 

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He's telling the world that Jesus is coming)

 

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

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