“Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.” John 14:29.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
The Bible is a book of prophecy, prophecy in its fullest sense. I speak the end from the beginning. It is a book filled with edification, encouragement, exhortation, revelation, impartation, and future events accurately and boldly foretold. It also contains the past, even creation, that without the Word you could not know. It is filled with songs, proverbs, wisdom, history, and even eyewitness accounts that are seen before the events take place. It is a book of the Covenant between Me and you and all creation. But above all else, it is the story of your rejection of Me and your reconciliation with Me through My plan of redemption carried out by My initiative and doing because of My great love for you that nothing can ever break. And your life upon earth and in eternity depends only on one thing and that is the one thing necessary, whether you choose life or death, blessing or cursing, good or evil, the truth or a lie. Everything depends upon how you respond to My Word.
I told My people to test the words of the prophets who came saying they had heard from Me by looking to see if what they foretold came to pass. And that is what Jesus told His disciples that we are looking at today: “Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.” John 14:29.
Faith comes by hearing and the Word spoken is confirmed in many ways, whether by the inner witness of the Holy Spirit with your spirit, such as being a born again child of Mine, by the accuracy of the events unfolding as foretold, by the confirmation of two or three witnesses, by revelation, by inner peace as the umpire of your heart, by an answer in prayer of a scripture or Word exactly addressing your problem, question, or need, or by vision and visitation. But today Jesus is addressing confirmation by manifestation of the event foretold.
In His sojourn as one of you upon the earth, Jesus foretold many things that came to pass and those still in the future that are yet to come. He foretold things that occurred immediately, which have all been fulfilled, and He told you of those that still are yet to come.
As to immediate things, these included things such as to the following of the man with the water jar to the place for the Passover seder that would be the Last Supper, the fish with the coin for the taxes in his mouth, the foretelling to His disciples of His crucifixion, death, and resurrection, His rejections and sufferings, the betrayal of Judas, and many other things that were immediately fulfilled. He also spoke of things that were to come soon, such as the destruction of the temple and of the city of Jerusalem and the scattering of the people, that His followers would do the works He did and greater, the coming of the Holy Spirit to clothe them with power from on High, and being His witnesses to the ends of the earth. And then He also spoke of things that are even still yet to come, such as His second coming on the clouds of Heaven, the catching away of some and not others, the judgment, rewards to those who live out their assignments from Heaven, and eternal life for some and eternal death for others.
Jesus came to testify to the truth, anyone committed to the truth hears His voice.
Just read the gospels and you will be amazed at all the prophecies Jesus gave during His short sojourn on the earth. And remember that after I raised Him from the dead on the way to Emmaus, and then to the whole company of His apostles, He opened their understanding to all the scriptures of the Old Testament that foretold all the events of His life and set their hearts on fire with the knowledge of the truth that set them free, so free and so overjoyed that they ran to tell the whole world the good news beginning in Jerusalem.
Why is it so important for you to know things beforehand that I even give you My Spirit so that He may tell you the things to come? Jesus did not leave you without giving you another One like Him to be in you and with you forever to guide you to all truth and lead you in the way you should go, to teach you all things and give your information straight from the throne of grace, that is, from Me.
“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me, and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.” John 15:26-27.
It is important you know future things from Me so you have no fear when events, such as you see now in the world, come against you and seem to be blocking all I have promised. But that is not true, they are merely the birth pangs of all that is coming.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Psalm 46:1-3.
I do not want you unaware like the unbelieving ungodly world, I want you to know the signs of the times and the things of the Kingdom so you can hold your head high knowing your vindication is at hand.
“There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” Luke 21:25-28.
Instead of going into fear you will stand strong in faith if you know the end from the beginning.
If you will not believe, you surely shall not last (be established). Isaiah 7:9.
Take what Jesus says to heart. The day draws near and this period of grace will close. You do not want to be like the foolish virgins whose lamps ran dry with no extra oil along. But before the sun sets on this period of amazing grace, the church age, you are going to see something so vast and glorious that your heart will throb and overflow.
What I am going to show you now you will need to be in the spirit and not within the confines of your soul and your flesh for they cannot hold all this. That is why Jesus told His disciples He had so much more to impart to them but they could not bear it at that time. He had not died and been raised yet so they were not born again from above and the Holy Spirit could not dwell in their spirits because they were still dead to Me and alive to sin from Adam’s fall from spirit to flesh, into a realm of darkness that only My Word and My Covenant could alleviate and lift but not totally infill or remove the veil. But He told them that when He poured out the Spirit, the Spirit would guide them to all truth, disclose the things that were Mine, and reveal to them the things to come. You can and should be walking in that now. So quiet your soul (mind, will, and emotions) and open up and expand your spirit.
Before the sunset of this age of grace a new day will dawn of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit—a time of Heaven on earth before the catching away and then all devastation breaks loose on that day the Body of Christ, the Church, is removed—caught up to be with Me forever. But I made a promise that I swore to Moses and revealed to Habakkuk and to Haggai that you should know:
So the LORD said, “I have pardoned them according to your word; but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the LORD.” Numbers 14:20-21.
“For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.” Habakkuk 2:14.
‘As for the promise which I made you when you came out of Egypt, My Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear!’ For thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD of hosts. ‘The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the LORD of hosts. ‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ declares the LORD of hosts.” Haggai 2:5-9.
I will give a final call to all to come to Me and be saved. It will be a wave of glory like you have never experienced on the earth, there will be the preaching of the Word to every nation and people group on every available media and voice and signs and wonders will follow the Word, for hearing brings healing when the Words are received in the heart and spoken with the mouth. That is the Law of Faith and you have the Word of faith, the Word of life in your mouth and in your heart.
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in His (kanaph-outer edge of the garment, extremities, wings) wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the LORD of hosts. Malachi 4:1-3.
Do all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, holding forth and holding fast the Word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain. Philippians 2:14-15.
Before the door closes and it is too late to enter, like happened to the foolish bridesmaids, I am going to sing to the world the greatest songs of love, the Song of Songs, the Song of the Lamb and the Song of the Father to call you all home through My Son. For all the world must hear the good news of salvation before the end comes.
Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. Matthew 24:11-14.
I will surround you with songs of deliverance.
I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”; and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah. Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. Psalm 32:5-7.
Listen this was foretold by Jesus:
For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him. For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told you in advance. So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them. For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Matthew 24:21-27.
And Jesus shared this with Peter by the Spirit and you should pay attention for your life depends on every Word that proceeds from My mouth, My Spirit sent Words:
Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.” For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:3-9.
Peter is speaking by My Spirit of the day you are in now. Be aware these are the last days. But then again one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. If so, look at this promise:
Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn Him, but He will heal us; He has wounded Him, but He will bandage us. He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may live before Him. So let us know, let us press on to know the אֶת LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; and He will come to us like the rain, like the latter rain (malqosh) watering the earth.” Hosea 6:1-3.
The dawn of the third day. How many years since Jesus was raised? It is close to the close of two thousand and the dawn of the third day will rise very soon. And so will the Church. But you do not know the exact day or hour, only I do. But know by the signs of the times and the number of days it is near, even at your door.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.
Does this sound familiar?
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in His (kanaph-outer edge of the garment, extremities, wings) wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the LORD of hosts. Malachi 4:1-3.
Yes, before the sunset of the age of grace, a new day will dawn of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, and I will distinguish among those who serve Me and those who do not.
Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. 3 Peter 3:11-13,
So what is your conclusion? My Spirit supplies it for you:
Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. 2 Peter 3:14-18.
I love you. Do not ignore so great a Salvation. This is a time of fulfillment. It is your time to shine.
Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you and His glory will appear upon you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Lift up your eyes round about and see; they all gather together, they come to you. Isaiah 60:1-4.
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16.