I thought about the subject of eschatology; and all relevant passages for the Antichrist in particular and the Tribulation in general which I plan to mention but first off I wanted to cover the idea of why this should be of interest to us at all.
As with any other subject we can either have too little or too much interest or emphasis of such doctrines over any other scriptures. Those who are obsessed with it such as I was when a new believer soon come to realize what Isaiah 33:6 states "And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure." We can easily be overwhelmed and loose our mooring if not trusting God in the present day where we are called to the admonition of Luke 19:13 to "occupy" until He comes; and "redeeming the time because the days are evil" ( Eph. 5:16). God's church is still here; albeit compromised as a whole as the Laodicean analogy in Revelation seems to suggest its state will be immediately before the Rapture occurs. On the other hand; those who are not focused on the signs of the times are fairly easy to recognize as they are far too comfortable with their daily patterns of living; often with life's distractions and comforts to hear the alarm bells of the battle coming; because they aren't engaged now in the Ephesians 6 spiritual warfare we are called to do. Still others may think they are going to escape the wrath to come ( 1 Thess. 1:10; etal) but are either not truly saved or so compromised that they don't have the interest to remain in a a life of obedience to the Lord and therefore "smite their fellowservants" when offering meat in due season ( Luke 12:45-46) then his Lord comes at a time they don't expect. Similar admoniutions are in the Gospel of Matthew and Mark. If we aren't careful then we will be swept up with worldly wisdom which seems right to a man but leads to death ( Prov. 14:12).
I thought about the subject of eschatology; and all relevant passages for the Antichrist in particular and the Tribulation in general which I plan to mention but first off I wanted to cover the idea of why this should be of interest to us at all.
As with any other subject we can either have too little or too much interest or emphasis of such doctrines over any other scriptures. Those who are obsessed with it such as I was when a new believer soon come to realize what Isaiah 33:6 states "And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord is his treasure." We can easily be overwhelmed and loose our mooring if not trusting God in the present day where we are called to the admonition of Luke 19:13 to "occupy" until He comes; and "redeeming the time because the days are evil" ( Eph. 5:16). God's church is still here; albeit compromised as a whole as the Laodicean analogy in Revelation seems to suggest its state will be immediately before the Rapture occurs. On the other hand; those who are not focused on the signs of the times are fairly easy to recognize as they are far too comfortable with their daily patterns of living; often with life's distractions and comforts to hear the alarm bells of the battle coming; because they aren't engaged now in the Ephesians 6 spiritual warfare we are called to do. Still others may think they are going to escape the wrath to come ( 1 Thess. 1:10; etal) but are either not truly saved or so compromised that they don't have the interest to remain in a a life of obedience to the Lord and therefore "smite their fellowservants" when offering meat in due season ( Luke 12:45-46) then his Lord comes at a time they don't expect. Similar admoniutions are in the Gospel of Matthew and Mark. If we aren't careful then we will be swept up with worldly wisdom which seems right to a man but leads to death ( Prov. 14:12).
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