Friday, November 11, 2011

Godly Music That is Truly Honoring to the Lord



Worshipful, Reverent, God-centered, Biblically Based Music Which Is Appropriate for Those Who Have Been Purchased by Christ's Blood

God has wonderfully delivered us from this present evil world (age), according to the will of God and our Father (Gal. 1:4). We are bought with a price and we are no longer our own (1 Cor. 6:19-20). We are bought by blood and bound by love. We are separated unto the gospel of God (Rom. 1:1) and we are separated unto the God of the gospel. Having brought us out of a horrible pit and out of the miry clay, He has put a new song in our mouths (Psalm 40:1-3).

The new song, by its very nature, must be very different from the old song. The world knows nothing of the new song. They know nothing of deliverance from sin and peace with God. They know nothing of a precious Saviour ("unto you, therefore, who believe He is precious"–1 Peter 2:7). To them the cross is foolishness (1 Cor. 1:18; 2:14). The only songs they know are self-centered and pleasing to the flesh. Those that are in the flesh cannot please God (Rom. 8:7-8), neither can their songs.

The world knows nothing of the new song. They know nothing of deliverance from sin and peace with God.

When I (George Zeller) first came to the Middletown Bible Church in 1969, it was my first exposure to a Bible believing church, and one of the first things I noticed was that the music was different. The pianist was not accomplished. She did the best she could and made her fair share of mistakes. But the people sang from their hearts as if they really meant what they were singing. They were not just going through a religious ritual. They were redeemed and they loved to proclaim it. I had been to many churches where the music was quite polished and professional, but it lacked the sounds coming from souls who knew that they had been set free. The difference was quite evident.

An actor was asked to recite the 23rd Psalm. His recitation was fluent and exceptional, with perfect intonation and diction—a flawless performance. A godly pastor was asked to recite the same Psalm. It was done from the heart and the difference was profound. One man knew the Psalm but the other man knew the Shepherd. So also, those who truly know the Shepherd are going to sing much differently than those who know Him not.

One man knew the Psalm but the other man knew the Shepherd.

How can someone sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs if he is unsaved, unspiritual, having not the Spirit? On the other hand, how can a spiritual believer delight in the "song of fools" (Eccl. 7:5)? The two are incompatible. The new song belongs with a new creature in Christ. The old songs belong to our past life to which we have died ("old things have passed away"). "For ye died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God....Christ who is your LIFE" (Col. 3:3-4).

There is a massive movement in our day to bring the music of fools (CCM) into the house of God, including the jungle pulsing drumbeat and everything else connected with such sensual and fleshly musical styles. Worshipful, spiritual, reverent, God-centered, Biblically based music is becoming more and more rare in the churches. Instead of honoring the Rock of Ages, we have entered the age of Christian rock.

Peter Masters, Pastor of the Metropolitan Temple in London (where Charles Spurgeon used to preach), has shared similar concerns:

The 'culture' of the house of God must be joyful, yet at the same time honour the deeply reverent ethos of biblical worship.

A ruling principle in Christian worship for generations was the need to distinguish between sacred and secular, or between sacred and profane, or spiritual and worldly. The 'culture' of the house of God must be joyful, yet at the same time honour the deeply reverent ethos of biblical worship. Until recently, evangelicals believed that the church and the world represented opposing standards and lifestyles and tastes, and so most of the world's popular jollities were treated with great suspicion. Spiritual worship was never to be confused or mixed with, or even tainted by, the debased end of the popular entertainment spectrum, because one belonged to the realm of sacred things, and the other to the realm of secular and profane things. All were convinced that Almighty God would be offended, and realized that lost sinners could not be called out of the world by a church that had adopted its lifestyle and entertainment values.

It was believed by virtually every serious Christian that to employ in worship something that was obviously associated with (or had arisen from) an alternative culture of free sex, godlessness, drugs, and emotional orgies would be worse than inappropriate - it would be sinful.

They therefore disclaimed the help of a fleshly world and its idiom, relying instead on the power of God, and so they had spiritual power in their worship, not the carnal 'power' of entertainment-emotionalism.

Christians of the recent past saw that two different worlds and kingdoms stood in stark contrast to one another, the churches being the upholders of God's sovereignty, and holiness. They represented the Holy and the High. They therefore disclaimed the help of a fleshly world and its idiom, relying instead on the power of God, and so they had spiritual power in their worship, not the carnal 'power' of entertainment-emotionalism.

As if to test the convictions of believers, the hippie and worldly Christian movements came into being, and initially, most conservative evangelicals were appalled. Why are they not all still appalled? Quickly, the new trends were picked up by leaders of youth groups, shallow churches, and certain international evangelists who had come to put earthly appeal before the standards of the Lord.
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Called Out of the World

The father of the faithful, Abraham, was called to come out of the culture of a pagan world, and live life in an altogether distinctive way for the Lord. The children of Israel in the wilderness were severely judged for wanting to go back to the foodstuffs of Egypt, even though these were not intrinsically sinful, because God had provided something special for them. The Lord was teaching them to be a distinctive people. Under the law of Moses the people were taught in many ways to distinguish between holy and unholy, and between clean and unclean, even if it meant the forbidding of things not inherently evil, in order to drill into them the law of distinction and separation. New Testament Christians have traditionally believed (as Paul said) that these 'things were written for our learning'.

There must be a marked distinction between sacred and secular.

Whether we consult the Old or the New Testament, purity and separation are ever to be maintained in worship. There must be a marked distinction between sacred and secular. The New Testament repeatedly commands us to hold ourselves apart from worldly activities which exalt or enshrine sinful acts and lifestyles. This is a tale of two kingdoms. 'Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world,' says John. Wherever this world's culture distinctively serves and represents fleshly living, it is to be rejected by believers. Historic, mainstream evangelicalism has always taken this very seriously. Today, pastors and leaders of inferior spiritual substance are wrecking the worship of these churches, and selling them into a progressive worldliness from which they will probably never recover. This is the tragedy of the hour. What is the point of preaching or contending for sound doctrine, if the church's practice has submitted to the world and become offensive to God? What is the point of correcting the sails if the boat is irreparably holed beneath the water line?

Ministers may continue to preach sound doctrine in the midst of carnal noise - but they will only be serving Satan's purpose by calming and reassuring the faithful, while corruption gains total control. Many churches which have gone down this road in recent years have already become markedly shallow, frothy and indifferent to biblical standards. They have turned their Father's house into a den of entertainers. The writer has many testimonies to this effect, and has seen it in some very large churches in the USA. There, numbers have sometimes increased, but faithfulness and spirituality have plummeted. This is the future for those who defect to the contemporary worship scene. To go this way, therefore, is to be guilty both of great foolishness, and spiritual disobedience. We must stand clear - not on the grounds of taste, but on the grounds of sin.

There numbers have sometimes increased, but faithfulness and spirituality have plummeted.

When it comes to music standards and anything else, may we not allow the world to squeeze us into its ungodly mold (Rom. 12:2). May we delight in singing the song of a soul set free!

He put a wonderful song in my mouth,

Of worship and praise to our God!

Many shall see it and fear and believe,

And shall put all their trust in the LORD

(From a song based on Psalm 40)

The problem with using rock music in the church is twofold: 1) What you win them with, you win them to; 2) What you win them with, you'll have to keep them with.

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

GWZ I.F.

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Kim Kardashian and the End of Marriage


Kim Kardashian one of Hollywood's most self centered and narcissistic spotlight hogs has just filed for divorce 72 days after her 10,000,000 dollar wedding! LOL!!! One has to just laugh their head off at the mindset of these godless and delusional pampered princesses of "It's all about Me- ville." This lawless, pampered and spoiled brat is absolutely oblivious to what marriage pictures and truly represents (Eph. 5: 28-33). Kardashian has made a TOTAL mockery of Almighty God's Divine institution making extremely light of it and violating her vows in which she took before men and Almighty God her Creator. No doubt Kardashian has excused herself and has rationalized away her base actions in light of her own self-centered personal agenda (2 Tim. 3:1-5). This increasing narcissistic mindset is an ever growing trend and sign of the times that the Day of the Lord is ever at hand! This cheap and poor comprehension of marriage is par for Hollywood and their godless and lawless inhabitants. Sadly, these reprobates are Satan's trend setters for the ever growing godless and lawless population of America. Almighty God evaluates one's personal beauty based on His RIGHTEOUSNESS - which is only found in Jesus Christ - and NOT in one's temporal genetic appearance (Eccl. 1, Isa. 40:6, Rom. 10:2-4, Gal. 5:19-21, 1 Peter 1:24, 1 John 2:17). Sadly this is a REALITY that those in Hollywood totally are oblivious to. No doubt Kim will play the victim and milk all the publicity that she can get to feed her vanity, for sadly in the end ... it is all about her (Eccl).
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Kardashian has made a TOTAL mockery of Almighty God's Divine institution and has violated the vows in which she took before men and Almighty God her Creator.

It is well know that in the Western cultures of Europe and now in America, that the God ordained institution of marriage - which was ordained before the world began (Eph. 5:28-33) - has been rapidly falling by the way side. This out right rejection of the institution of marriage is found mostly in liberal/progressive circles and is a progressive liberal trait. What is most alarming is that these "western" countries - which once embraced the Judeo/Christian moral absolutes of the Bible - are now secular wastelands reaping the whirlwind of their anti moral absolute rebellion. As history has always testified, when a nation, people or culture turn their back on the Word of God, the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God, the void is always filled with a progressive secular socialism, an apostate form of Christianity, horrific war and immoral decadence (Rom. 1:18-32). These godless fruits and traits always will lead to tyranny and the oppression of the masses (Psalm 14:1-3). Just look at what the most violent century - the 20th century - has showed us!

"As history has always testified, when a nation, people or culture turn their back on the Word of God, the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God, the void is always filled with a progressive secular socialism, an apostate Christianity and immoral decadence"

The Bible speaks of these Last Days and testifies to what the social conditions will be at this time among those who profess Christ and have a "form" of godliness. (Romans 10:2-4, 1 Tim. 3:1-7,2 Tim. 4:1-3, Jude, 1:10, Rev. 3:14-22). At this time, a secular progressive movement - initiated by the super fallen intelligences of fallen angels (i.e., demons ) will begin to dominate and influence the entire world preparing the world for Lucifer's lawless minion and the global worship of himself and his lawless super -ultra fascist world leader (2 Thess. 2:3-12, Rev.13). One of the signs of these last days will be the demonically led anti -marriage movement along with other apostate teachings. As we see this ever growing lawless moment sweeping the world, especially in the West. We today can see the very shadows of the things which are about to come. This lawless spirit dominates the West's progressive Left, but what is most alarming is how it is sweeping into moderate and some conservative circles as well. When these groups begin to embrace this rebellious movement against the very bedrock of the world's most sacred institution how long will it truly be until we are face to face with the Day of the Lord!

One of the signs of these last days will be the demonically led anti -marriage movement along with other apostate teachings.

Liberalism - for the most part - rejects out right the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. The root and source of this rejection - of these crucial moral laws and realities - is their subjective hatred towards the Creator of the heavens and earth (Romans 1:18-32). This base ideology is expressed and manifested in their disdain and hostility towards the American blue print drawn up by our Founding Fathers, which was based on the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.

Liberal /progressives reject these core moral absolutes and practice a sensual subjectivism that sees God ordained absolutes through the prism of relativism and pluralism. They possess a fear of moral absolutes and believe that true freedom is to be free from any Divine instituted moral absolutes or laws that suppress their unbridled passions (Psalm 14:1-3, Isa 24:5, 2 Tim 3:1-7, Jude 1:10). They are lawless in their practices and hostile to any that impose a Divine reality or the adherence of moral absolutes (Rom. 1:28-32).
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"They possess a fear of moral absolutes and believe that true freedom is to be free from any Divine instituted moral absolutes or laws that suppress their unbridled passions"

The Lord Jesus stated that, you shall know men by their fruits and by their actions (Matt. 7:16-20). It is simple enough to see that where ever the “virtues” of secular liberalism are promoted and exercised that poverty, disease, anarchy, crime, social chaos, the break down of the family unit, violence and horrific social devastation are to be found.

When one rejects and abandons the core moral building blocks for a health society for a godless delusion of lawlessness, expect to find social devastation and chaos (2 Tim. 3:1-7).

What is most alarming is how the very people that impose their delusional solutions and remedies upon the American people seek also to fix these ills of society by applying the very same logic that got us to this social catastrophic point in the first place. By applying these lawless solutions, these excel the rate of today’s social ills at exponential rates. Today’s American social culture is at the extreme breaking point. The evidence is every where, yet the majority of American’s live in the apathetic delusion that all is well and that we will remain and prosper as times past. Wake up America, the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.

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Friday, November 4, 2011

Libya under Russia’s (Gog's) Confederacy


















It will be near the middle of the tribulation period that Libya will be in confederacy with Iran, Turkey, Ethiopia and Russia to go against Israel, who at this time will dwell in security and safety (Ezek. 38:1-8). At this time, under Russia’s strong despotic leader (Gog of Magog), Libya and her allies will seek to invade Israel - who at his time - will be enjoying fruits and labors of her solid economic growth, security and prosperity, which came about by the eradication of her border enemies and the super natural protection of Almighty God’s Two Witnesses (Ezek. 38:8, Rev. 11:2-6).
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As this satanic confederacy seeks to march into Israel to destroy her, Almighty God through His Two Witnesses will wipe out nearly all of this advance with plagues, hail stones, earthquakes, fire, blood, rain, and blood, thus leaving only one sixth of this demonic confederacy alive.

As the world at this time is suffering from the catastrophic and horrific ride of the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse and the horrific fall out of the Quad Demonic War (in which one half of the world’s population will be wiped out - Rev. 6-9), Russia and her allies will seek to spoil and plunder Israel’s goods and out of their demonic hatred and envy seek to destroy Israel (Ezek. 38). As this satanic confederacy seeks to march into Israel to destroy her, Almighty God - through His Two Witnesses - will wipe out nearly all of this advance with plagues, hail stones, earthquakes, fire, rain, and blood, thus leaving only one sixth of this demonic confederacy alive (Ezek. 38:18-23, 39:1-6, Rev. 11:2-6). In this victorious and marvelously wondrous deliverance by Almighty God, unbelieving Israel (Rev. 11:8) and the world will FULLY acknowledge that the God and reality of ALL is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Ezek. 39:5-8). It will be at this time also that Almighty God will remove His Two Witnesses and Israel’s protective hedge to bring the majority of Israel’s unbelieving nation to repentance and to a saving knowledge of Jesus Messiah (Zech.13:8-9, Matt. 24:15-21, Rev. 11:8, 12).

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.

Friday, October 28, 2011

The Shock and Awe That Is To Come!




















Today, as the global events and the godless out workings of base (corrupt) man continue at a “breakneck” speed, the stage is being set for the horrific events on the horizon called “The Tribulation Period”, or “The Day of the Lord” (Matt. 24:21-22). The entire world - including America - will be absolutely oblivious to the realities and dire consequences of events to unfold during that time. Ever since the civilization of Babel (Gen. 11:1-9), the world has basically lived in a godless delusion of apathy and subjective narcissism. They have willfully rejected the ETERNAL ordinances of Almighty God and their ultimate accountability to Him. As the terrible calamity of 9-11 overtook, shocked and stunned our nation 10 YEARS AGO, so also will be the commencement of horrific events that are due to transpire in that terrible time called “The Day of the Lord.”

As the terrible calamity of 9-11 overtook, shocked and stunned our nation, so also will be the commencement of horrific events that are due to transpire in that terrible time called “The Day of the Lord.

One of the most sobering passages in the Holy Scripture is from the Book of Proverbs in chapter 1, verses 24-31. This passage speaks about those who willingly reject reality and live in a spiritually/ mentally drunken delusion (Rev. 17:2). When evil and anguish come upon these individuals, they are in a total panic because they have rejected absolutes (reality) and truth (wisdom). The consequences of these actions will be their SWIFT DESTRUCTION on account of their doings. God’s Word States:
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"Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind (a powerful tornado); when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices" (Proverbs 1:24-31).

So will be the mindset of those during the time when the Day of the Lord commences. These will seek Almighty God to render a godless remedy and an unrighteous solution for their consequences and global dilemmas. What is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING is that in that day of their dire calamity they will STILL REJECT Almighty God’s ETERNAL absolutes, solutions and deliverance (2 Thess. 2:8-12, Rev. 9:20-21). These individuals have ZERO heart for the absolute truths and realities of time and ETERNITY which are critical for their ETERNAL well being. They are poisoned with unbelief and godless bitterness; filled with violence and rage. They posses only a godless, monkey-fisted nature rooted in delusion, lust and visions of a temporal (earthly) habitation. They are oblivious to their ETERNAL destiny and WILL NOT repent of their godless transgression and be saved, even after all these horrific tribulation events transpire on the earth. (Isa 24; John 3:17-19; 2 Thess. 2:11-12; Rev. 9:20-21; 16:9).

The shock and awe of the Four Horsemen will awaken the world that the Day of the Lord is finally here!

The shock and awe of the Four Horsemen will awaken the world that the Day of the Lord is finally here (Rev. 6)! As a thief in the night they will ride onto the world stage and ravish and overtake a godless sleeping world (1 Thess. 5:4-11). For as a mighty flood in the night, the world's inhabitant will be swept away in panic, violence and fear; oblivious how to react and what to do. For these have REJECTED Almighty God's warnings and revelations which have gone out from His People and His Word for centuries!

As the days grow darker and the majority of Americans and the world REJECT Almighty God's WARNING, may YOU have an ear to hear what Almighty God testifies to you through His INFALLIBLE Word (Rev. 22:16-21).

The Kingdom of Heaven is TRULY at hand!

DJP I.F.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Libya and the Anti Christ










It will be after the near destruction of this Islamic confederacy under Gog of Magog (Russia) that an old world leader will now be the new world leader (Rev. 17:8-11). He will step onto the stage, he who is the very one which Satan has been waiting to establish since the tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1-8, Dan. 7:8-28, 11:36-45, Matt. 24:15, 2 Thess. 2:2-4, Rev. 13). After the SUPERNATURAL and wondrous victory over Gog by Almighty God on Israel’s behalf (Ezek. 38:17-23, 39:1-7), God will now remove Israel’s protective hedge. As Israel enjoyed a brief time of prosperity, security and temporal peace which they brought about for themselves by eliminating their border enemies (Ezek. 38:8), they will now be exposed to the demonic and human rage of a fallen sin ravished world (Rev. 12). For EVEN when they were under the 3 ½ year SUPER NATURAL ministry of Almighty God’s Two Witnesses the majority of Israel would NOT repent nor prepare for the soon coming King and the Kingdom of Heaven (Rev. 11:2-5). Sadly, the only thing left now for Israel is Divine judgment and GREAT tribulation. This time as foretold by the prophet Jeremiah is now at hand. It is called the time of Jacob’s trouble (Dan. 9: 26-27, Jer. 30:7, Matt. 24:15-20, Rev. 12).

Those that remain of Libya from the Gog and Magog battle will be one of the Beast’s (anti Christ’s) chief minions and zealous to do his will even unto the battle of Armageddon.

As the anti Christ rises to TOTAL GLOBAL DESPOTIC rule and slays the Two Witnesses of Almighty God (Rev. 11:2-13) he will establish his new world order called 666 and dominate the world for the remaining 3 1/2 years of the tribulation period (Rev. 13). The world’s remaining nations will fully give their whole hearted support to him including Libya (Dan.7: 8-28, Rev. 17:8-16) and he will seek with all of his being - under the demonic and satanic rage of Lucifer - to obliterate Israel before the Second Coming of the King of kings, the Lord Jesus Christ (Zech. 12:2-3, 14:1-4, Rev. 12, 13).

Those that remain of Libya from the Gog and Magog battle will fully give their allegiance to the anti Christ and be one of the Beast’s (anti Christ’s) chief ruling minions. Libya will at this time be zealous to do the anti Christ's will even unto the battle of Armageddon (Dan. 11:40-43, Zech 14:1-4, Rev. 16:13-16, 17:12-13).

The Day is at hand and what can ever stop those things which must be!

The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

DJP I.F.


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God’s People and the Future of Egypt

Riots erupted in Egypt in January, an explosion of popular anger that seemed to have little warning. Protesters demanded the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, demanding a new government that would address issues of police brutality, free elections, political corruption, and a stagnant economy. Believers who watched the news unfold considered Egypt’s place in Bible prophecy and its relation to the nation Israel.

I will not soon forget that hot Egyptian afternoon, Aug. 5, 1952, when I climbed 450 feet to the top of the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza. How did this wonder of the ancient world get there?

Two-and-a-half millennia before Christ, tens of thousands of workers spent more than 20 years gathering 2.3 million blocks of stone—some weighing up to 15 tons—on a base covering 13.1 acres to prepare an eternal home for their Pharaoh-god.

What brilliance this took! What dedication! Remember, this was not long after the dispersion of mankind from the Tower of Babel, when the Egyptians demonstrated their amazing building skills along the Nile River.

Intertwined with Israel

Two hundred years after Abraham visited Egypt (Genesis 12:10–20), Jacob and his sons—especially Joseph—must have marveled at the things they saw there (c. 1875 BC; Genesis 36—50).

But the day came (in 1445 BC) when Egypt was in shambles because of her enslavement and mistreatment of God’s people Israel (Exodus 7—11).

Even though “Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter” (1 Kings 3:1), Egypt remained a threat to the people of Israel through the centuries.

The great prophet Isaiah cried out, “Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!” (Isaiah 31:1).

Destined for Destruction

At the time of this writing, the land of Egypt is in turmoil. The people of Israel are afraid that radical forces will take control of Egypt and attack them.

This could happen at any time; but the book of Daniel actually tells of a final attack that will occur during the Great Tribulation—which is the next significant period of Bible prophecy.

About three years after the true church has been removed from the earth, “at the time of the end the king of the South [Egypt] shall attack him [the Antichrist in Jerusalem]” (Daniel 11:40).

However, at the same time, the king of the North (perhaps Russia) will attack the Antichrist, kill him (Daniel 11:40, 41; cf. Revelation 13:14), and then move south.

“He [the king of the North] shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape. He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt” (Daniel 11:42, 43).

Forty-two months later, Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, will descend from Heaven and take over all the kingdoms of the world—including Egypt (Revelation 19:11–21).

Ezekiel prophesied, “I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and . . . her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Yet, thus says the Lord God: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered . . . to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom” (Ezekiel 29:12–14).

Spiritual Transformation Awaits

Finally, when the Kingdom of Christ is established upon the earth, the people of Egypt will join the peoples of all the nations to worship the God of Israel.

“In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border. And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; . . . and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them. Then the Lord will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the Lord and perform it. . . . In that day . . . the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed is Egypt My people . . . and Israel My inheritance” (Isaiah 19:19–25; cf. Genesis 15:18; Zechariah 14:18, 19).

How amazing are the judgments and mercies of God! In spite of all that Egypt has done and will do to hurt Israel, and in spite of all that Israel has done and will do to hurt their Lord, He remains faithful to His promises and true to His Word.

Especially—and urgently—essential for both Israel and Egypt in the meantime today is this Word from Heaven: “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).

Written by Dr. John C. Whitcomb

Dr. John C. Whitcomb (ThD, Grace Theological Seminary) is an internationally known Bible teacher and author. This year he is celebrating 60 years of public ministry and the 50th anniversary of The Genesis Flood (Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing), the groundbreaking creationist book that he wrote with Dr. Henry Morris. For complete information about Dr. Whitcomb’s ministry, visit http://www.whitcombministries.org/.

This post can be found at the Baptist Bulletin


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