the end

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land! The end is now upon you, and I will unleash my anger against you. I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices. I will not look on you with pity; I will not spare you. I will surely repay you for your conduct and for the detestable practices among you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’

- Ezekiel 7:1-4

 

Ezekiel was an Old Testament prophet, believed to have been preaching around 570 years before Christ.

I find it interesting that when ever there is a disaster, whether it was man-made (like terrorist attacks) or from nature (earthquake, fire, hurricane) or some other crazy phenomenon (COVID-19) almost immediately people think that it is the wrath of God. 

I don’t believe that it is the wrath of God.

I don’t believe that we serve a vengeful God – because He loved us enough to send His Son to die for us.

I think the Old Testament is history and lessons, but that God loved us enough to give us the chance to be redeemed.

Know that He is Lord, repent for your sins (and stop sinning!) and ask for forgiveness.

We don’t have to live in these crazy times alone, when we have God on our side.

 

 

daily bread addendum

 

*side note – next Wednesday, September 23rd is See You At The Pole 2020. It’s going to be different this year as many are still social distancing. 

See You at the Pole (SYATP) is an annual gathering of thousands of Christian students at a flagpole in front of their local school for prayer, scripture-reading and worship, during the early morning before school starts. This year the American SYATP events occur on the 23^rd  of September at 7:00 A.M. while gathering around a school flag pole.

The events began in 1990 in the United States, where public schools cannot sponsor prayers and some Christians see public schools as hostile to Christian students. It has grown by word of mouth, announcements at youth rallies and churches, and the Internet. It is now an international event; in 2005, over two million students in the U.S. participated, as well as students in Canada, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Germany, Ghana, Guam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, South Korea, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, and South Africa.

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I know that not everyone that receives this email has the ability to gather with others.  But here is what I would like you to do. . .

Meet us at the pole.

Any flag pole.

Tell your friends, your family, your pets, and find a pole. Raise your voice to Him!

The power of many people praying together is amazing.

See you at the pole.