God bless you!
The blessed hope of the return of Jesus Christ is meant as encouragement to us, yes.
And, we know what we are to be doing til He comes - OCCUPY.
Meaning, we are like the “underground army” in a “war” which is to OCCUPY where we are, doing His Will and following His Plan - as we prepare for the “great invasion” that is about to occur.
When the underground army occupies, we are in constant contact with our Commander.
We have a “secret” wavelength that the enemy cannot break into the code.
Its the Word of God and the Holy Spirit is the transfer mechanism.
Satan and his demons do not have access to that wavelength.
So, like the Nazi’s in WWII, they knew an invasion (D-Day was coming - but just not exactly where or when.
The troops who were gathering to invade did not know the day or the hour either. They did know the general time and as the day got closer, more and more of them knew the time was getting very close - and more and more knew pretty specifically about the “time” of the invasion but only a very very few - in fact maybe just one or two or three knew the exact day and hour when D-Day invasion would commence.
So the underground army (those who are alive on the earth when Jesus returns) occupies (does their usual and normal activities while preparing for His return)....
The “invasion force (all those who are believers in heaven with Jesus right now and all the angels and Jesus the Commander) are making ready also.
Nobody but the Father knows the exact day and hour! Not even our Commander Jesus knows it.
But they ALL know it is very soon and the closer it gets, the higher level the activity becomes and the greater the hope and anticipation of the great and glorious “deliverance” and “victory” which is about to take place.
The enemy likewise knows it’s near but don’t know where or when it will happen exactly. They sort of know some of what may happen and they know they don’t like it and don’t want it to happen, but they are powerless to stop it. All the enemy can do is sort of get all their big guns over here or over there and hope they guess right (which of course they don’t...LOL)
But, this is certain.
There IS an EXACT day and an EXACT hour during which THE INVASION will commence!
Now some in occupied territory get discouraged. Some of those in captivity or under the boot of the stormtroopers of the enemy have been waiting so long they have sort of decided “the invasion” is a good thought, it’s coming, but they have given up trying to think it might really be soon.
Others in this group really belong to the enemy anyway so they don’t want anybody to put their hope in the coming deliverance!
They, therefore, do everything they can - even as plants inside the ‘resistance underground’ - taking some into full captivity there - and spreading propaganda to discourage and distract and stomp out any talk or thoughts of the great HOPE (certainty) of the rescue force’s approaching invasion.
Now as part of the Father’s plan - the Commander of all invading forces is going to come with his forces FIRST to gather all who belong to Him OUT of enemy territory - before He actually invades in full force and glory to bring total victory!
ALL WHO BELONG TO THE COMMANDER WILL BE GATHERED UP TO BE WITH THEIR GREAT DELIVERER AND WITH ALL THE OTHERS WHO BELONG TO HIM in order to have their place in the final invasion force!
After “the good guys” are all taken out of enemy territory, of course the enemy is going to be going a bit crazy and full of anger and will terrorize those left - and all hell breaks out in the nations in captivity.
But despite the worst that the enemy can do (and the enemy commander who takes charge during this time is quite fierce and has the power to kill and will kill any of those left who don’t do what he says)...many will figure out what has happened to those who were “caught away” and will turn to side with THEIR commander instead of with the enemy.
As they do this, of course, they will be murdered by the millions by the one who is enraged and trying to stop what he can never stop! Even those murders don’t help the enemy because those martyred members of the King’s beloveds will go immediately into the presence of their Deliverer - and will be given special clothing and a special place in the invasion force that is almost ready for the final action.
Those who do not side with the soon coming King of Kings will suffer terribly during the time before the great invasion and will long to be dead but will not be able to end their lives - just as they will not be able to end the hell that awaits them after the great invasion takes place....but they will hear more about that at the Great Judgement (white throne) - which will be set up AFTER the Victory is accomplished!
One very good thing is that the King knows exactly how long this terrible time will last and communicated that “secret” to His forces in enemy territory - in order to give everyone hope and knowledge about the “time” of His Return.
The horrible time will last 7 years exactly.
Finally, oh my, the day and the hour will arrive and the Father will tell His Son, the King of Kings, to go and do the great invasion with ALL His forces as the final day dawns and the great Victory is finally accomplished in the enemy territory!!!
After the great battle ends, and the enemy is destroyed, the King will go about taking care of all the other issues - cleaning up the mess, setting up His post-victory government, putting his assorted rulers into place (who will be those who were alive when He came and did that “great snatch away”....plus those martyred during that horrible time.....so these all will be ruling and reigning with the King.
Again, it is not a secret how long the aftermath of the great Victory will last...how long the reconstruction will take. It will take 1000 literal years. Everyone in on the plan knows this. (well some were not sure that time was exactly 1000 regular years or even if the reconstruction would occur - but that’s ok - they will still have a part in it!)
After that reconstruction time, of course, there will be some final issues to take care of. But when all that is accomplished - the King ushers in the final final plan which is to create a totally new “territory” - a new heaven and a new earth....for all of His beloveds to have as their “playground” for all eternity!
Well that is not a perfect analogy - but if it helps anybody - then good.
Do I have any choice whether I live in a theocratic government? Or is dissent not an option?
Yup. We’ve been hearing that for the last 2000 years.
People are hungering for intimacy with the Lord in a way that I have not seen before.
All things are going to be shaken from their foundations, and this may start in the house of God first. This is a good thing, and we should not fear. We should not be disstressed at all the upheaval occurring around us. We need to stay in the Word and close to Him to keep our focus sharpened upon Him and not stressed out.
- Luke 21:31
Thank you so much for sharing your testimony, dear brother in Christ!