We know what this sign means so we mustn’t pretend we don’t. Jonah resisted God to deliver the Word of the Lord to Nineveh. We’re just as resistant as Jonah to deliver the Word of the Lord to this generation. We’ve got so many excuses not to. We’ve neutered the gospel and made it to no effect calling it love… who’s love? Our idea of love? The gospel will offend some. The Word is described as a sword and a hammer and a fire. Truth must be proclaimed. Read the Word. Follow the Word. Use the Word and be used by the Word as a conduit of truth. We’ve been entrusted by God to this wicked generation. We must repent and tell them what the Word says whether it is received or not. Read again Peter’s message delivered at Pentecost at the threat of his life. It was clear and precise. 3000 were saved in a day. If Peter preached that word today, the church would try to silence him for not walking in love. Jesus turned tables over and Jesus is love. Jesus addressed the Pharisees with strong truth regularly and Jesus is love. C’mon friends, we’ve made far too many excuses now to not recognize our error. The eclipse is a crossroads in the future of this nation as it was for Nineveh. When Jonah obeyed by delivering the Word , all of Nineveh repented, fasted and prayed. The entire city was saved and turned to God. Judgment begins with the church not the world. We must repent and speak. We have sinned greatly with our silence and cowardice and misuse of the Word of God. How is it that we know that millions will enter hell without Jesus and yet we remain silent? Jonah 1:1-3 1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. Luke 21:25-28 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; 26 men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed. Jeremiah 23:29 “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Revelation 19:15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

Posted by FilledWithPower at 2024-03-17 12:15:10 UTC