Author: Jacinta da Cruz Rodgers

I have been committed to teaching the truth of the Word of God beginning with Trans World Radio on Bonaire, N.A and Swaziland, Africa (1969-1980), then through churches in the United States in both English and Portuguese and then through ministry in Israel (2005-2006). This ministry continues through local Bible studies and outreach to the world via the internet. I have written a book about my life from that of an orphan in Brazil to missionary in 5 countries. You can find out more on the "Book" page of our blog site.

We Are the Sweet Fragrance of Messiah YAHSHUA

The fragrance of jasmine vine flower is most delightful. It covers the garden with pleasant smell, attracting honey bees, bumble bees and other flying creatures to its smell. As a vine, it takes over spreading its branches far, reaching its world with incredible fragrance. It contains about 200 species; it is used by the global industry to make perfume. The rose bush in its different species and colors, is also known for its beauty and fragrance. The world is covered with flowers of all kinds, expressing beauty and pleasant fragrances. A gift our God gave us when He created the world. Some flowers have beauty, but not fragrance, or just a little. Any way, they serve to beautify the world and to bring joy to those who admire and appreciate a garden. The evergreen trees, for example, are just that, with a distinct, but not loud smell. However, they stay alive during the harshness of winter. Life continues feeding them, while snow falls on them and even ice. The strength they display is seen in every winter, while other trees around them fade and temporarily lose their leaves, in a picture of seemly dead, until the sun shines and the warmth of spring penetrates their branches. Some sparkle with beautiful flowers, specifically, cherry blossoms. Life with variety of colors fills the forests, blending with the evergreen trees, complementing them. Life, in its time and space, speaks loudly and clearly the wisdom of the Creator, Who holds it in His control.

Before God created man, he created all that pertained to his emotional and physical needs. He created the most beautiful and perfect garden for him to tend and care for. The fragrances that the garden expressed, brought a sense of comfort and calmness to Adam and Eve and to all created things. It also sustained them. Men and nature enjoyed harmony together, while God walked in the garden in the cool of the day, pleased with what He had created. He smiled, saying: “It is good.” We wonder, how could something so beautiful be destroyed in a split second? How could anybody want to change that beautiful environment of peace and joy? An environment that transcended men’s relationship with God the Creator? As it was, at the decision of Eve, this beautiful and perfect garden became a garden of weeds; it had lost its beauty, its fragrance and its shine, for the dark clouds of sin overtook it. At the disobedience of Adam and Eve, not only they suffered the consequences, but also the entire world of God’s creation with them. In the letter to the Romans, we read that creation waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be revealed; for it was subjected to frailty, not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it; that nature itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption into the glorious freedom of God’s children; we know that the whole creation has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now, and not only creation, but we ourselves too, who have and enjoy the fristfruits of the [Holy] Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies, our adoption (Rom. 8:19-23).

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Standing My Ground, I Endure for the Sake of the Gospel

Endurance is a word that denotes inner strength of faith. Faith in itself is abstract, seen only in action. We cannot touch it, but we fight our spiritual battles with its shield. “Take your share of the hardships and suffering as a good soldier of Messiah YAHSHUA” (II Tim. 2:3), was the counsel that Paul gave Timothy, his young missionary partner and spiritual son. When Paul wrote this letter to Timothy, he was imprisoned in Rome (A.D.66-67). However, nothing stopped him from exercising his confidence in the faith that he professed and taught. In those days when men were considered as gods, there was no tolerance for anyone who believed otherwise. Those were evil and dark days, when only the strong in faith overcame them. In those days, the message of the Gospel given by the apostles of YAHSHUA emanated strength through the letters written to the churches. They were the only source of spiritual knowledge to the New Testament churches. Paul wrote most of the letters that comprise the books of the New Testament. He, when a pharisee, persecuted and took part in the death of Christians, believing that he held the truth. With the same zeal, Paul stood strong for the sake of the Gospel, when he had an encounter with the Savior, YAHSHUA on the road to Damascus with the purpose to bind with chains those of the faith in YAHSHUA. We read in Acts 9:1-2 the following: Meanwhile, Saul, still drawing his breath hard from threatening and murderous desire against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and requested of him letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. In his zeal, nothing stood in the way of his evil purpose against Christians of those days. He used the authority of a pharisee to wipe out the testimony of YAHSHUA, until YAHSHUA appeared to him, convicting him in a bright light that blinded him for several days.

When Paul fell to the ground, he heard a voice saying, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? And Saul said, Who are You, Lord? And He said, I am YAHSHUA, Whom you are persecuting. Trembling and astonished, he asked, Lord, what do You desire me to do? The Lord said to him, Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do (Acts 9:4-6). From the time on, his name was chanced to Paul. He became a warrior for the cause of the Gospel; no longer a prosecutor of it. He endured many hardships until his death as a martyr. Never giving up, never looking back, when circumstances turned against him. He taught the concept of the armor of God, for he well knew what the spiritual warfare was about. He said, “Therefore, put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day, and having done all, to stand [firmly in your place]” (Eph. 6:13). The Apostle Paul was no ordinary man, but whatever former position, he had, he considered as rubbish for the sake to serve God through persecution and hardships. He said, “To this hour, we have gone both hungry and thirsty; we wear but one undergarment [and shiver in the cold]; we are roughly knocked about and wander around homeless; we still toil unto weariness [for our living], working hard with our own hands. When men revile us, we bless them, when we are persecuted, we take it patiently and endure it… we have been made and are now the rubbish and filth of the world.” ( I Cor. 4:11-13); “we are hedged in on every side, but not cramped or crushed; we suffer embarrassments and are perplexed and unable to find a way out, but not driven to despair; we are pursued, but not deserted; we are struck down to the ground, but never struck out and destroyed; always carrying about in the body the liability and exposure to the same putting to death that the Lord YAHSHUA suffered, so that the life of YAHSHUA, also may be shown forth by and in our bodies, for we who live are constantly being handed over to death for YAHSHUA’S sake…” (II Cor. 3:8-12). Today, Christians in many parts of the world are still suffering persecution to their death, without giving up their faith. However, the western hemisphere knows very little what it is to be persecuted. Because we have immature and frail faith, depending very much on tangible things, when we should be walking by faith, not by sight (II Cor. 5:7); therefore, we are unprepared for the coming storm of persecution.

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But God Will Receive Me

YAHSHUA said, Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes Him Who has sent Me, has everlasting life; he does not come before the judgment, but he passes from death to life (John 5:24). Passing from death to life is surely being transported from hell to the eternal home with YAHSHUA our Savior. In this natural world, we are very much preoccupied with things of no eternal value in a way that we become distracted from our most important future. It is this promise that keeps us free from fear of death. Our transitory and fleeting existence on this earth is but a dream that came and went in the course of the night. Death, therefore, is just a transition from earth to our eternal abode, called heaven. The process is painless and fast, depending where we are going. Paul said, But I am hard pressed between the two. My yearning desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better; but to remain in my body is more needful and essential for your sake (Phil. 1:23-24). When we are attached to our heavenly home, nothing in this world should prioritize our mind, as YAHSHUA told to the disciples, Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you, for I am going away to prepare a place for you (John 14:1-2). The hope that He is preparing us a place in heaven is reason good enough to shift our attention and priority to it. The thief cried while facing death, Lord, remember me when you come into kingly glory! And YAHSHUA answered him, Truly, I tell you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise (Luke 23:42-43). Today, we can cry to Him in repentance and He will change our destiny from death to life.

It is important for us to be born again in order to enter the kingdom of God. For it is not through the natural birth, but through the spiritual birth that we are connected to the promise of eternal life. YAHSHUA said, What is born of flesh is flesh; what is born of the Spirit is spirit… You must be born anew! (John 3: 6-7). This gift was given to us when at the cross YAHSHUA bought us with His precious blood. There, He reconciled us to the Father. As He was purchasing us from the power of Satan, He cried, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? (Ps. 22:1). He suffered the pain of hell for us all who received His redemption. With that, He gave up His life and died. That was just the beginning of something of eternal value- men’s reconciliation to God. That’s when heaven’s door was opened for those whosoever will. A beautiful gift was presented to the world, sealed with YAHSHUA’S precious blood. That’s why at the end of our journey we can say, “God will receive me.” It is as the psalmist said, As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness; I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You] (Ps. 17:15). Imagine that! The future so beautiful, complete with joy, peace, not mentioning the breath-taking place itself. Just thinking about seeing YAHSHUA of Whom we heard so much; seeing His scarred hands and feet- the proof of the price He paid to purchase us, will give us strength to go through fires life brings us. Paul said, I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us! (Rom. 8:17). The certainty of knowing where we are going after this life, is the reason why we are not afraid of death. The transfer of God’s saints to heaven is very precious in the sight of the Lord (Ps. 116:15). But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave; for He shall receive me (Ps. 49:15). How can a holy God care for such sinner as we are? What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You care for him? (Ps.8:4) These are David’s words acknowledging God’s excellent name and power over the world. In a humble attitude, he uttered these words for the world to know, which have lasted and will last forever.

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Seasons of Life

Spring, the Season of Beauty and prosperity after a dreary and gray winter, springs forth with colors, radiating life to the world; it sparkles beauty and music, the sound of happiness found in nature, while leaving behind the cold of winter. Some fly many miles away from the cold, others hibernate in holes until light of the sun sparkles warmth. They come out to greet spring in its arrival with songs of all kinds, as in the mocking bird who imitates many tunes taken from other birds. The strength with which they let out their songs is most noticeable. One song after another fills the earth in praise to the Creator, YAHWEH ELOHIM (Lord God). Butterflies fly hundreds of miles in search of flowers of their liking. A flower garden welcomes them to decorate its environment; nature in unison embraces spring as part of their lives in every aspect of life. Spring in man’s life starts at the time he is born. Joy, laughter brightens the family at the sound of a baby crying. Life is beautiful! As the season of spring speaks continuously in the life of that child, it changes swiftly with each year that passes. From baby, to childhood to adolescence, to adulthood, when spring fades away bringing the season of summer, the one in which man shows maturity in his years of twenty on up. The Lord speaks at this time and says, “Rejoice, O young man, in your adolescence, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. Therefore, remove sorrow and vexation from your heart and mind and put away evil from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity [transitory, idle, empty and devoid of truth]; Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say, I have no enjoyment in them; before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened [your sight is impaired], and the clouds of depression return after the rain [of tears]; in the day when the keepers of the house [your hands and arms] tremble and the strong men [the feet and the knees] bow themselves and the grinders [the molar teeth] cease because they are few and those who look out the windows; [the eyes] are darkened; when the doors [the lips] are shut in the streets and the sound of the grinding [of the teeth] is low, and one rises up at the voice of a bird and the crowing of a cock, and al the daughters of music [the voice and the ear] are brought low; also when [the old] are afraid of danger from that which is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree [their white hair] blooms, and the grasshopper [a little thing] is a burden, and desire and appetite fail, because man goes to this everlasting home and the mourners go about the streets or marketplaces. [Remember your Creator earnestly now] before the silver cord [of life] is snapped apart or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern [and the whole circulatory system of the blood ceases to function]; then shall the dust [out of which God made man’s body] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it.” (Ecle. 12: 1-7).

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Mount Moriah, A Holy Site

“After these events, God tested and proved Abraham and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Here I am. [God] said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love and go to the region of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I will tell you…On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance, and he said to his servants, Settle down and stay here with the donkey, and I and he young man will go yonder and worship and come again to you. Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering, and laid it on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the fire in his own hand and a knife; and the two of them went on together. And Isaac said to Abraham, My father! And said, See here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering? Abraham said, My son, God Himself will provide a lamb for the burnt offering. So, the two went on together.” (Gen. 22:1-2,4-8)

Let’s assume that it was almost dawn when Abraham arrived at the place God ordained him to go. Before him, everything stood clearly. It was as if Abraham was living in the future although, he did not perceive the spiritual meaning of what he was seeing. The place, yes, the place, most definitively was where Adam and Eve stood before the Lord listening to their fate as a consequence of their rebellion against Him, but again, that place was also where God promised them a Redeemer. Many years later, Abraham stood in that place, as he called, “The Lord will provide” with certainty of those words. These were prophetic words the Lord was speaking through Abraham, confirming His promise to Adam many years past. Now, Isaac needed to hear them. His life was at the point of being sacrificed in that mount called, the Mount of the Lord. Even though tied to the altar, Isaac still believed the words, “The Lord will provide a lamb for the sacrifice” on this mount. Abraham and Isaac could only understand what was happening in their tangible way, but not in the spiritual realm. They could not perceive that in that place, God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit were standing alongside with them, agreeing that was to be the place His Son was to be sacrificed. Redemption was going to take place where our parents sinned, for it needed washing with the redemptive blood of the Lamb of God; the only blood free from stains of sin; the only blood with the washing power. In fact, in the course of God’s timing, His Son came and was crucified in that place for all to see. And like Abraham and Isaac, people of that time, saw many things that were happening, but they did not perceive their meaning; they did not perceive the anguish of God’s Son in His cry, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? was their cry in hell, because they had rejected the Son of God; they did not know that YAHSHUA was suffering their pain of hell, where the presence of God was completely void. No, they did not, instead, they offered Him vinegar to drink to ease His pain. They did not perceive that the earthquake they felt was the earth responding to the touch of YAHSHUA’S blood when it was shed upon it; that Nature trembled at the touch of the Creator’s blood. Yes, nature did, but men did not.

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Reckoning the Unprecedented Times

Nations frown at each other with the latest weapon of mass-destruction, ready to use in retaliation against each other, expressing the hatred harbored for many years for disputes not settled. It is “wars and rumors of wars” as YAHSHUA described to be in these unprecedented times. Countries sacrifice their sons and daughters for useless wars time and time again trying to bring peace, so they say. But is it so? When they are not killed in combat, they come home either mentally ill, or handicap, and homeless in some circumstances, for their mental inability to hold a job. Families are destroyed and a growing number of homeless fills the under-bridge refuge, finding comfort in drugs. This is a world in chaos and confusion for all those of us who have not perceived the signs of time YAHSHUA alerted us was coming. What are really behind the world’s agenda in order to bring in One World Order? One of them is the plan to build Smart Cities. They are 15-minute cities. These cities already exist in varies big cities in this country. It encloses the masses to a small area where they are easily controlled by face recognition. Police in this country are planning to deploy “Al-driven recognition technology,” capable to identify anybody who enters the public domain. Surveillance technology, already installed, supposedly for safety, will be weaponized to enforce their agendas to control our behavior.

How will they succeed in making the masses submit to them? Well, that’s no longer a matter to wonder. We have experienced first-hand through their behavior in trying to control the people in the pandemic time, by forcing the vaccine on people all over the world through fear. Businesses doors were closed; many were closed indefinitely. Prices of everything including food, went sky high, jobs were scarce for a while. We are living in an unprecedented time. These are the days YAHSHUA alerted us in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke: Days of Noah, Days of Lot. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars; nations will rise against nations, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in place after place; the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity (Matt. 24:6-7,12). We have been alerted about these days, although we didn’t know how it would possible. From the time world governments all over the world became enemies of the people, the doors were opened for the impossible to happen. Their obsession in controlling the people became so intense, they created the plan to weaponized surveillance technology already in place. “Facial-recognition, together with vehicle license- plate scanners will allow law enforcement to track the movement of everyone, whether on foot, or on a bicycle, on a subway, or in a vehicle.” (Leo Hohmann). In a state of deceit, governments are misleading their subjects about their decisions. They are no longer friends of the people; their plans are to enslave the people in order to conform them to their plans. They are establishing rules hard to follow, robing the people of God’s-given freedom in every aspect. Faces recognition will facilitate them to apply correction on those who will not comply. This is in preparation for the antichrist to take power over the world. He will then implant chips on hands or heads, which is his mark. This chip is the ultimate control on men; it carries his DNA on everyone who will take it. The latest vaccine was the precursor of his mark. We saw how many agreed to take it, including those who call themselves Christians. For they did not perceive the true meaning of it. His mark will render people’s complete allegiance to him in One World Order, in which he will implement one religion, he being the only one to be worshipped.

Revelation 13: 16-17 says, “Also he compels all, both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave, to be marked with an inscription[stamped] on their right hand or on their foreheads, so that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp, [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name. High technology will be key in implementing what’s to come. Although, we do enjoy its conveniences right now. However, behind all these conveniences there are complete control looming on the horizon approaching faster and faster without the masses perceiving it. The artificial intelligence, (IA) for example was created to replace the human reasoning in decision making. It refers to computer systems capable of performing complex tasks that historically only a human could do, such as reasoning, making decisions, or solving problems. In many ways it is perceived to be more intelligent than the human mind, but it is actually only analyzing data in response to a human designed algorithm.

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The Holy Spirit – the Guarantee of God’s Promises

The third person of the trinity is the One YAHSHUA sent to stay with us always. YAHSHUA identified Him as the Counselor, the Teacher, the Comforter, the Intercessor, the Helper, the Spirit of Truth. He is indeed, Emmanuel- God with us. He is in close relationship with all who love God. It is through Him that we are in touch with God. YAHSHUA said, When He comes, He will convict and convince the world and bring demonstration to it about sin and about righteousness and about judgment (John 16). He sealed all those who have believed in YAHSHUA with His own Spirit, guaranteeing them the inheritance in anticipation of its full redemption and our acquiring possession of it- to the praise of His glory (Eph. 1:13-14). He comes to our aid and bears us up in our in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance…He intercedes and pleads in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will (Rom. 8:26-27). When YAHSHUA said that God is seeking those who will worship Him in spirit and in truth, it was not location that was significant, but the heart of men. It will not matter where one worships God, provided that we will worship Him in truth, with our spirit, the life within us, for It is with our spirit that we connect with God’s Spirit. The worship that God expects from us is from the essence of life. YAHSHUA said to the woman at the well, Woman, believe Me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem; God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:21,23).

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Stuck Emotions, What Are They?

“Emotion is a complex experience of consciousness, bodily sensation, and behavior that reflects the personal significance of a thing, an event, or a state of affairs. It is a strong feeling, often accompanied by a physical reaction. Aristotle defined emotions as “all those feelings that so change men as to affect their judgements, and that are also attended by pain or pleasure.” (Britannica).

When God created man, He created him with body, soul and spirit. The soul dictates man’s doings. It is a word for the intellect, the will and emotion. Without the soul, man would be without action. Emotions are feelings; they can be happy or sad depending on circumstances. So, emotions are affected by positive or negative circumstances. They are expressed through tears, especially in women. It is the part of the soul and it affects the organs of the body. When we cannot let go of past emotions, we hold them in the organs, weakening them with diseases. One thing that many of us hold onto is bitterness with unforgiveness. The emotion that expresses anger gets stuck in the liver, if not dealt with. The Bible tells us, “Be angry and sin not; do not let the sun go down on your anger- do not give the devil an opportunity” (Eph. 4:27). A child, when traumatized in the atmosphere of abuse against him, will without a doubt, suffer the emotional consequences of stuck emotion through his life. This will constitute an open door to the devil, who prows over us to destroy us. As a matter of fact, the mind is a battlefield most fought for, since it is through it that Satan has access to its control. Peter said, Be well balanced, be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring, seeking someone to seize upon and devour (I Peter 5:8).

Good emotions are essential for the construction of a good and strong character. The Bible encourages us to be kind, compassionate, loving, forgiving. While our Lord YAHSHUA was being crucified, He prayed forgiveness for those who were crucifying Him. The emotion that reflects the Lord in our life is love, for love forgives and overlooks an offense. In love we develop positive thoughts that guide us to positive emotions. Paul said, For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things (Phil. 4:8). The main reason for stuck emotions is unforgiveness and self-pettiness. Learning how to let go and let God take vengeance on those who offended us, is a good way to let go of them. Stuck emotions are doors for the devil to control our thoughts. Cain expressed jealousy toward his brother and in anger, he killed him. He held unto the fact that his offering was not accepted by the Lord, but his brother’s was. “Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin.” The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why do look sad and depressed? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you, but you must master it” (Gen. 4:6-7). Stuck emotion in the life of Esau against his brother, Jacob, almost caused him to kill him. To this day, stuck emotions of anger and jealousy have governed his descendants as well as in Ismael’s the half-brother of Isaac and in Esau Jacob’s twin brother. For this reason, the Middle East is a place empty of peace. Only when the Prince of Peace -YASHHUA comes will He bring peace to all.

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Today’s Spiritually Drought Church

It is Sunday morning; the focus is on going to church, a place where time is used to worship the Lord and learn from His word. The time is peaceful and complete with song, focusing on exalting our Lord YAHSHUA for His redemptive sacrifice; with hearts contrite before Him, acknowledging His love. It is to be an anointing time dedicated to the Lord. But somehow, the church has lost its meaning in relationship with her Savior from her beginning. The letters written to the seven churches in Asia, reveal the progressive apostasy embraced by the churches from those days to present day. Dr. Fruchtenbaum connects each of the seven churches of Revelation time to eras of past and present.

The Ephesus church represents the apostolic church from A.D. 30-100

(Rev. 2:1-7).

Smyrna church represents the Roman persecution from A.D. 100-313

(Rev. 2:8-11).

Pergamum church represents the age of Constantine from A.D.313-600

(Rev.2:12-17)

Thyatira the church of the Dark Ages A.D. 600-1517

(Rev. 2:18-29)

Sardis the church of the Reformation A.D. 1517-1648

(Rev. 3: 1-6)

Philadelphia the church of the Great Missionary Movement A.D. 1648-1900

(Rev. 3:7-13)

Laodicea the church of the Apostasy A.D. 1900- present day

(Rev. 3: 14-22). (The Footsteps of the Messiah)

When the church abandoned her first love, which was the Ephesus church, apostasy entered the church’s heart; the church forgot the meaning of its existence and from that time on, the churches have progressively lost its identity with the teachings of our Lord YAHSHUA. Today’s church resembles that of the church of Laodicea from Revelation chapter three. Rich, but very poor. Beautiful buildings, but empty of the Spirit of God. This is the church of lukewarmness- not cold, and not hot. YAHSHUA said of her: Because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth! For you say, I am rich; I have prospered and grown wealthy, and I am in need of nothing; and you do not realize and understand that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked (Rev. 3:16-17). This is the situation of today’s church before God.

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Come My People, Hide Yourselves For a Little While

There is a storm brewing out in the entire world, rapidly getting stronger and stronger. It has become visible to many of us who are spiritually awake, while others continue asleep in their comfortable life-style without realizing it, for they have no knowledge neither understanding nor perception of the coming judgment, as the Bible says, For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose the blood shed upon her and will no longer cover her slain and conceal her guilt (Isa.26:21). But in the midst of God’s judgment, there is hope for His people- those who revere and honor Him. It is called “The blessed hope.” We are awaiting and looking for the blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Messiah YAHSHUA, Who gave Himself on our behalf, that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people eager and enthusiastic about beneficial deeds. (Titus 2:13). When the Lord comes out of His place to apply judgment on the earth, will He spare His people? Or will He gather them with the wicked to destroy them? No, that is inconsistent with His nature; with the way He acted in the past judgment when He saved the few righteous people, who lived among the wicked ones. In the case of righteous Noah, He provided an arch to save Him from the universal flood; in the case of Lot, God sent His angel to pull him out of the city before destruction. Israel was taken out of Egypt before the last judgment fell on the land. Egypt’s army was destroyed and left under the Red Sea, when it closed on them.

The world’s iniquities are multiplying with the time approaching its judgment. The worse it gets, the closer and certain it is for God’s judgment to fall on it. This is a sign God’s people must not ignore; He calls each of us to be set apart in times as this. One cannot hear His voice when involved in the world’s chaos. Come alone to meet Him, that’s the call He makes in Song of Songs chapter 2: Rise up, my love, My fair one, and come away; for, behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land; the fig tree puts forth and ripens her green figs, and the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one and come away (S.S 2:10-13). At the sign of iniquities’ maturity, it will be the time to get away from it all and be at the presence of the Lord in order to hear His voice more clearly. “The time of the singing has come.” The invitation is for all those who love the Lord. It is in His presence that we will be hidden from His wrath. He calls us now to be in His presence to receive His instructions for this end-time. That’s the only way to escape it all; knowledge, discernment and understanding of His word will carry us out of the coming storm.

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