Snapshots and Synapses

This is something you need to understand: You are the reason why the time of Christ’s return is near. That’s right: you. Assuming of course that you are the Remnant, the Confessing Church, the Bride of Christ. It is His love for you, for me and for all the hidden, universal church that will bring an end to this Age, a conclusion to the rebellion that began with the Serpent, Eve and Adam. Now let me explain how you play such a critical role as this age comes to a close and Yahweh’s judgement draws near. First, let me be clear that I’m not declaring a day nor an hour of His imminent return. Scripture tells us that only the Father knows that. But look at the signs and just as the weather can be predicted (somewhat unreliably) by certain indicators, we can look at the prophecies in Scripture and recognize that everything is lined up. I won’t go into all the details, but Israel became a nation again and the generation that saw that pivotal event is in their latter years. The temple pr...

I came across this prayer by Nehemiah in the context of praying for America . It was a departure from my planned reading of Scripture, which has me re-exploring the book of Luke in the New Testament. Instead, the Lord directed me to this Old Testament passage: The Present 32 And now, our God, you are the great, mighty, and awe-inspiring God.     You faithfully keep your promises. Do not consider all the hardships     that we have been going through as unimportant.         The hardships have come to our kings, leaders, priests, prophets,             ancestors, and all your people                 from the time of the kings of Assyria until now. 33 But you were fair about everything that has happened to us.     You have been faithful, but we have been wicked. 34 Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors didn’t obey your teachings.     They didn...