And she being with child cried,
What CHILD+ is This ?
2021 ADVENT MEDITATION #2
And she brought forth a MAN CHILD+,
WHO+ was to rule all nations with a Rod of Iron:
and her CHILD+ was caught up unto GOD,
and to HIS throne.Revelation 12:5
Revelation 12
12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in Heaven; a Woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a Crown -- a STEPHANOS -- of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried,
travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Israel looked forward to the COMING MESSIAH+, for HE+ it was
to be Israel’s SAVIOR from its enemies.
Zechariah’s praises in Luke 1:67-75 point out WHY Israel so yearned for its MESSIAH+.
And his [ John’s] father Zacharias was filled with the HOLY SPIRIT, and prophesied, saying,
Blessed be the LORD GOD of Israel; for HE hath visited and redeemed HIS people, And hath raised up an Horn of Salvation for us in the house of HIS servant David;
As HE spake by the mouth of HIS holy prophets, which have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember HIS holy covenant;
The oath which HE swear to our father Abraham, That HE would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve HIM without fear, In holiness and righteousness before HIM, all the days of our life.
Israel cried to be delivered from its enemies, but WHY was Israel so hated by all peoples ?
For one MAIN reason: Israel was to bring forth the MESSIAH+ which would save the world from the satan. . .
. . . and the satan knew it.
Thus, the satan – fallen lucifer -- stirred up all others THROUGHOUT HISTORY to hate GOD’S people. It is STILL GOING ON TODAY.
To be delivered from our enemies is the cry of ALL FLESH.
Any time we find ourselves to be in a very hard place FROM WHICH WE CANNOT ESCAPE, we pain to be delivered.
A woman experiencing childbirth knows the reality of that: no-one else can birth that baby but herself. She must endure it. Neither her husband nor her mother nor her father are able to endure it FOR her. The LORD is her only help.
Likewise, only by The HAND of The LORD can we come through that difficult place, that un-resolvable predicament which we face. From time to time, from situation to situation, we ALL must go through hard times of one sort or another eventually.
Why ? Because planet earth is living under the curse bequeathed to fallen men.
The LORD allows these hard times
so that we can TRULY KNOW HIM+
in the fire.
BECAUSE The LORD JESUS came to man during His+ FIRST ADVENT, we now can EXPERIENCE His+ rescue when we cannot
possibly save ourselves. We learn to know His+ Power when it is exerted on our
behalf... all because of His+ FIRST ADVENT !
In this way, our HARD TIMES prepare us for the wrath of the satan which is coming upon mankind as the Second Advent of The MESSIAH+ approaches.
Yes, we PAIN to be delivered. We are going to face more pain in the future as the satan unfolds his wicked scheme through demonized men to destroy the earth and to destroy mankind.
The target is Christians. We are targeted to be destroyed FIRST because Followers of JESUS are the only people on earth who have power over demons.
Thus, satan’s wrath is targeting Christians FIRST. We do not face the Wrath of GOD, but we surely are facing satan’s wrath.
The persecuted church in some lands are now experiencing satan’s wrath in tremendous persecution , relentlessly.
That is WHY the satan is using demonized men to make world-wide, demonic laws which are incompatible to Followers of JESUS.
Law-breakers are classified as “criminals” and legally can be eliminated in one way or another by another set of demonic “laws.”
YES, we are PAINED to be delivered from this world-wide, demonized system. Maranatha ! Come, LORD JESUS !
LET US PRAY:
LORD JESUS CHRIST,
I thank THEE+ for rescuing me from satan's grip by Thy+ FIRST Advent to planet earth.
I am helpless against this flood of evil which is waxing stronger and stronger every day. Except for THEE+ , all hope is gone; the evil is so massive and much deeper than the eye can see or the mind can even imagine.
Help me to STAND in Thy+ Truth when faced with laws that intend to destroy Thy+ highest creation --- man.
Prepare me to be strong in JESUS and do exploits by the anointing of Thy+ Blessed HOLY SPIRIT; I do not intend on denying THEE+.
Humanly, I am so weak. I become afraid. I quiver for what is coming against me and against my loved ones. I DREAD the hardships we will face as satan pours out his wrath upon all who stand in his way. . . before he is defeated at Thy+ Second Coming.
Grant that as I prepare my heart to endure hardships as a good soldier of CHRIST JESUS, that I will fortify myself in THEE+, sowing to the SPIRIT and not to the flesh, to the glory of GOD the FATHER. Amen.
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