2.1.4 教會,你的方向在哪裡?
Reference to the End Times Ministry article: "Warning from Heaven: The Return of the Star of Bethlehem after 2000 Years and the Imminent Fulfillment of Revelation 12."
Sharing: Teacher Ming
Is the Church Prepared For Tribulations & Persecutions Before The Lord’s Return?
In the church, we all appear to be doing well, but we are unwilling to talk about the day of the Lord's return. In fact, it is approaching, and Jesus' feet are about to step in, but Christians still do not want to discuss this crisis because we are afraid. We fear that when we talk about the end times, people will leave the church. Therefore, the church is usually a place where everyone says, "I'm fine, and you're fine." Many people are still in the dark, living aimlessly. Everything seems good in their outward appearance, however, unless people walk closely with God, nothing will go well. Emotionally and spiritually, most people in the world are becoming increasingly depressed. The wicked will become more wicked, and the righteous will become more righteous because they have received a true warning. They do not know what will happen to their families or their churches.
People often say, "Just trust in the Lord, and don't worry about anything else." It sounds great, but people are naive and ignorant in real life. Do we not need to prepare, in addition to trusting and obeying? (Hosea 4:6) My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. In fact, both faith and preparation are necessary for us (Hebrews 11:7). Noah, through faith, was warned by God of things unseen, moved with fear, and prepared an ark, saving his entire family. Thus, the sin of that generation was condemned, and he also obtained the righteousness that comes by faith. In English, Noah was warned, but he did not say, "I just need to trust, and I don't need to do anything else." At the same time, Joseph in Egypt was warned of seven years of abundance followed by seven years of famine, so he had to do something. Otherwise, he would not survive without preparation. This is important. If you do not heed God's warning, your family, yourself, and your church will be in danger. Noah, through faith, built an ark that allowed him, his family, and the animals to survive a dangerous time; Joseph, through faith, saved his family and the Jews. Therefore, if we only say, "I just need to pray, and God will take care of everything, and I just need to trust in the Lord," then we would be very foolish. Prayer and trust in God are essential, but action is also necessary.
We are now entering a critical and new era. If we said "we have 20 years" twenty years ago, what day is it now? As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying, and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. People were also eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building, but on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. Eating and drinking are not wrong, but we are living as if we have 100 or 500 more years to live, and that is pitiful. How many churches are still living in such a time?