I have a bible app on my iPad that has all kinds of great Christian art.
I have lately been struck by two images I found there: 1) Christians facing death in the Coliseum and 2) Daniel in the lion’s den.
In one case God did not stop the murder of His own; in the other he did.
Job did say (correctly, according to Scripture) “Shall we accept good from God and not adversity?” Much later in Acts the disciples were persecuted and “went away rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering for the Name.”
Suffering, not suffering..all is in the hands of God, who is absolutely not the author of evil but does use it in the refining of his saints.s den.
In one case God did not stop the murder of His own; in the other he did.
Job did say (correctly, according to Scripture)
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Yes, we will have tribulation in His Name! Because you are a Chrisian with the spirit of God within you - Satan recognizes that spirit!
Now Job is OT before Jesus shed His Blood for us and that does not only include for our sins but we are made righteous in HIM/Jesus. Getting back to Job - didn’t Job come out better than before. He didn’t get his children back because they weren’t lost. When Jesus rose they were with HIM. But everything else was doubled. He was blessed for ‘his trouble’.
We will have adversity but it is NOT from God. The world is evil as you know from the bible. BUT we get through it by His strength and believing HIM. Do not worry if you believe HIM, no matter what hits you - denounce it by faith. Resist satan and he will flee. We have all the power within us - use it. Speak to your mountain/whatever obstacle in your way. God is good ALL THE TIME. Just believe Him and never have doubt because that is the absence of faith. Liberals just re-elected a pawn of satan. So don’t believe what he can do to you - believe God and all His promises. Good vs evil since Adam/Eve. Nothing new under the sun.
Remember, many will come to The Lord through what will be happening - they will be seeking help - for they are deceived and that’s why we are here to enlighten them. Not everyone will receive HIM but that is not our worry - we are to tell them the ‘good news’ and the HS does the rest.
He took Lot OUT of Sodom, HE took Israel OUT of Egypt, HE took Noah away from the flood and HE will take us OUT before His Wrath comes. God always take care of His own.
How many times is ‘fear not’ in HIS WORD? Someone said 365 times so once for everyday? I don’t know, I didn’t count but He said it enough to know HE KNOWS we will be going through doubt/fear every day because of the evil that exists in this world. So if God says ‘fear not’, believe HIM in spite of what you are going through. That’s a test for you to see how deep is your faith. We grow in faith by each advertisy and we get through it by knowing He will never leave nor forsake us. We have HIS strength, so we use it by faith. Everything is by faith and that’s how it grows - because we exercise it, it gets stronger.
........ 1) Christians facing death in the Coliseum and 2) Daniel in the lion’s den.
The Christians were so deep in faith and hungry for the LORD they didn’t care because they knew once they were dead they would be with The Lord. Daniel would not bow to another God and totally believe God would save HIM and HE did! IF HE didn’t, he would be with HIM forever the next second! In the end, it’s all about faith. This life is a blip on the screen compared to eternity. Either way, the Christians and Daniel were covered - FOR ETERNITY!! Heaven is our true HOME, not here on earth once since entered in.
Keep believing God is good all the time, adveristy is NOT from God but HE knows we will go through it on this evil earth but by HIS strength/by our belief on HIM He gets us through it. No matter what - we are covered by HIS Blood and HIS forever. Just believe with no doubt/unbelief!